Re: DBD::mysql module installation error

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lmysqlclient
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lz
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lm
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lcrypt
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lnsl
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These are not harmless, despite what Perl tells you. It seems your setup does either not have the MySQL client libraries (and necessary prerequisites), or the library/include search paths are not set up correctly so that the Makefile.PL can find them.

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Re^2: DBD::mysql module installation error by Anonymous Monk on May 27, 2009 at 13:16 UTC
These files seem to agree with that. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.011/README, http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.011/INSTALL.html, http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-mysql/lib/DBD/mysql/INSTALL.pod	[reply]
Re^2: DBD::mysql module installation error by premal (Acolyte) on May 28, 2009 at 04:57 UTC
I have passed location of mysql library and include files as arguments to makefile.pl command as shown below. D:\Bugzilla\PERL_M~1\DBD-MY~1.011>perl Makefile.PL "--libs=-Lc:\mysql\lib -lmysq lclient -lz -lm -lcrypt -lnsl" "--cflags=-Ic:\mysql\include"	[reply]