in reply to DBD --- not Installing!

This is a MySQL installation problem.

This is a Perl forum and we don't support MySQL much. You don't even tell us how ./configure fails for you, so how do you expect us to help you?

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Re^2: DBD --- not Installing!
by swetashah23 (Initiate) on Jun 27, 2006 at 13:51 UTC
    It says there is no file called configure ( which when I checked is true... there is no such file..) Thats why I have been asking people if they know how to work around this one... and I am aware that this is a perl forum.. I am having trouble with working on MYSQL using Perl... Otherwise MYSQL works just fine.. Thanks.
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      If there is no configure file, then you didn't unpack the archive properly. Or maybe you are in the wrong directory. Or maybe the tarball you downloaded didn't include the configure file. There are many reasons why this might be so, but none of them are related to Perl.

      It seems to me that you are trying to get DBD::MySQL working under Perl on Win32. Are you using the cygwin build of Perl or are you using ActiveState Perl?

      If you're using ActiveState Perl, then a much easier way might be to find a precompiled PPM to access MySQL.

      If you're using cygwin Perl (and I advise you against it unless there are other factors coming into play), then you will have to get DBD::MySQL to compile by configuring the MySQL source code and setting up the proper paths. If you get a problem during the configuring of MySQL, the MySQL forums are a much more likely place to find help than Perlmonks.

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        I have both.. but I will try the PPM again and let you know.. Thanks for the help though..
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