I am attempting to install the perl module DBD::MariaDB or the module DBD::mysql. I am using strawberry perl version 40. It is supposed to have these modules installed out of the box, but these modules are not present. I checked this with instmodsh.bat and I have also tried to access a database. When I try to access the database, it states that the module is not installed and provides a number of options but mysql and MariaDB are not present. I have tried to install the module using CPAN and I get the message that the installer cannot find "mysql.h". I checked for this file and it is present in the Ampss\mysql\include directory. I have tried adding this to the system path variable, using the commandline switch --cflags=-IC:\Ampss\mysql\include. I have tried creating the mysql_config file mentioned in the install documentation, but the installer was never able to find the file. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong or how to get around this problem?

In reply to MySQL/MariaDB DBD install problem by ABayko

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