I have a subroutine that opens two mysql databases that is shared by multiple scripts on a stand-alone Debian 8 server. It was working in all the scripts (around 14) but recently stopped working in just one.

The error is:

install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate loadable object for module 
+DBD::mysql in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.3
+8.2/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.38.2 /usr/local/lib
+/perl5/5.38.2/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.38.2) at (eval 5) l
+ine 3.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 5) line 3.
Perhaps a module that DBD::mysql requires hasn't been fully installed

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I don't want to force reinstall the DBD::mysql module for fear of breaking all the scripts that are not receiving the error.

I tried running just the sub by itself and I get the error. I tried moving the script to a folder where a not-broken script resides. Same error.

Any thoughts?

In reply to DBD mysql by dcscott

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