No DBD-mysql !!!!!

[TyzA]

Hi,

If I try to install the mysql driver for DBI via the ppm of ActiveState, I always get the following error:

'Error: Package 'DBD-mysql' not found. Please 'search' for it first.'

All I type is what they say on the ActiveState website:
'ppm> install DBD-mysql'

I have the DBI module installed, so I don't know what else to do.

Hope you guys can help me.

Best regards,

Tijs Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.

 

[Tve]

Tyza,

I suppose you are working on NT?

I checked out and there is a "DBD-mysql" as ActiveState.

Here is the link:

http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/DBD-Mysql.zip

Just download it, unzip it and run whatever is in the README file (probably "ppm install DBD-mysql&quot.

AD AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA

Thierry

 

[missbarbell]

To get PPM to work in NT, you have to store the HTTP_proxy, HTTP_proxy_pass, and HTTP_proxy_user in the System Properties Environment tab. At

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Products/ActivePerl-5.6/faq/ActivePerl-faq2.html

it specifies how to set the environment variables.

If you're still having problems, download the individual package from CPAN as a .tar.gz, unzip, untar (WinZip will do both) and save in a temporary directory. Download nmake (

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wnload/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe)

and save in you system32 directory.

go into your temporary directory and type the following commands, ensuring there are no errors affer each:

perl Makefile.pl
nmake
nmake test
nmake install

That should install the module as required in the correct place.

HTH,
Barbie.
Leader of Birmingham Perl Mongers

http://birmingham.pm.org