Problem on Debian Linux Installing DBD-mysql

[Hal Vaughan]

I have just recently switched to Libranet (basically Debian) Linux. I
cannot install the DBD-mysql mod on my system. It needs mysql_config,
which is not part of the mysql packages under Debian (or perhaps it's part
of a mysql package that doesn't look like it has to be installed?). I've
used apt-get to install the libdbd-mysql-perl, but that doesn't seem to
work. I'm not using the MySQL server on this computer, but I am using the
client to connect to MySQL on another system.

What can I do to get Perl working with MySQL on this system and (if anyone
knows) why doesn't Debian include mysql_config in their packages? It seems
like the kind of oversight that never makes it into Debian packaging.

Thanks for any help!

Hal

 

[Guy Smiley]

I'm not using the MySQL server on this computer, but I am using the
client to connect to MySQL on another system.

AFAIK, you definately need the server onboard in order to install the
dbd-mysql. I run libranet also and use apt-get like I would if it was a
regular Debian install

apt-get mysql-server
apt-get libdbd-mysql-perl

For more information see:
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=mysql&searcho
n=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all

 

[Hal Vaughan]

AFAIK, you definately need the server onboard in order to install the
dbd-mysql. I run libranet also and use apt-get like I would if it was a
regular Debian install

apt-get mysql-server
apt-get libdbd-mysql-perl

I checked to see if mysql-server was installed -- yep.  I had added
libdbd-mysql-perl myself.  It's still not working.

Was that all you needed to do and is it working for you?

Hal