I'm going to assume that you're running unix because you're using the MCPAN method to install modules. I'm also going to assume that since you're running mysql but didn't set it up that you're on an rpm style linux machine. Probably redhat.

You either need to install the mysql client rpm or the else the mysql src rpm.

This is one of those situations that the redhat rpm architecture just doesn't handle very well. I think it's more the fault of the package maintainers not including useful files. Normally I install apache and perl by hand just to avoid these problems. Same with the perl modules. Take the default rpm install and install your packages via cpan, not with rpms.

No flames intended, but do debian or slackware packages (deb and pkg) have the same issues?

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