When installing DBD::mysql I received two errors:

install DBD::mysql => 
An error occurred while linking the DBD::mysql driver. The error
message seems to indicate that you don't have a libz.a,
or a libz.so. There are a few ways to resolve this:

1) You may try to remove the -lz or -lgz flag from the libs list
   by using the --libs switch for "perl Makefile.PL".
2) On Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux, install the zlib-devel package
   (sometimes called libz-devel)
3) On Debian and Ubuntu, install the zlib1g-dev package
4) On other systems, please contact the mailing list

     perl@lists.mysql.com

For further hints, see INSTALL.html, section Linker flags.
make: *** blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so Error 1
  /usr/bin/make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
So I installed zlib1g-dev
Then I tried to install it again, and I got this error:

install DBD::mysql => 
Running install for module DBD::mysql
Running make for C/CA/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.007.tar.gz
  Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-4.007
  Has already been processed within this session
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
I removed the directory /root/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-4.007 but after a retry I had the same error.

I must say I am a total noob on PERL and CPAN, so I hope it is an easy fix.

Best regards,

Geert

In reply to Error installing DBD::mysql on Debian by Geert86

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