InfiniteMonkey has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm working on CentOs 5.6 (which has Perl 5.8.8 by default). I need to install Perl 5.10.1 and DBD::mysql. I can install Perl 5.10.1 easily, just by downloading a source tar and using make, make test, make install, although that moves the default Perl to one side which is a bit suspect. But DBD::mysql is causing me problems. If I try to install it using cpan, it fails, saying it can't find DBI/DBD.pm. There is a copy of DBI/DBD.pm, but its in the directories for the old Perl 5.8.8. I tried installing mysql and mysql-devel, but that didn't help. So, does anyone know how to get all these things playing nice together?
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Re: Making Centos, Perl 5.10.1 and DBD::mysql play nice
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 30, 2011 at 04:43 UTC

    I can install Perl 5.10.1 easily, just by downloading a source tar and using make, make test, make install, although that moves the default Perl to one side which is a bit suspect.

    Yeah, don't replace the system Perl. See INSTALL for how to specify an alternate installation directory.

    There is a copy of DBI/DBD.pm, but its in the directories for the old Perl 5.8.8

    If you don't have DBI::DBD installed and you need it, what do you think the next step is? cpan normally handles dependencies, though, so I think there's something you're not saying.

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      Excellent, that got it. I didn't realize that DBI::DBD was a separate package. You, sir, win 2 internetz
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Re: Making Centos, Perl 5.10.1 and DBD::mysql play nice
by Anonymous Monk on May 30, 2011 at 04:15 UTC
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