[Pdx-pm] DBD::mysql cont.

[Austin Schutz]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 12:03:02AM -0800, James marks wrote:
> Went to the build directory, tried "perl Makefile.PL" then "make" and 
> got the following:
> 
> 
> [iMac:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003] jamesmar% ls -l
> total 1088
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 500   500   39568 26 Oct 19:25 ChangeLog
<snip>

	Who is user 500? you? Hint, run 'id', look in /etc/passwd.

> -rw-r--r--   1 root  500       0 29 Mar 22:18 pm_to_blib
> drwxr-xr-x  23 500   500     782 26 Oct 19:33 t
> [iMac:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003] jamesmar% perl Makefile.PL
> Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL 
> line 174.
<snip>
> 
> To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
> 'perldoc INSTALL'.
> 
> Failed to create t/mysql.mtest: Permission denied at Makefile.PL line 
> 62.

	That "permission denied" is trying to tell you something about your
permissions. Hint: most users can't touch most things owned by root or other
users.

> [iMac:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003] jamesmar% make
> touch: blibdirs: Permission denied
> make: *** [blibdirs] Error 1
> [iMac:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003] jamesmar%
> 
> 

	See the other note in this thread about setting your path to include
wherever mysql_config is hidden. you can do this either with the shell command
'find / -name mysql_config' or maybe with the apple file finder tool.

	Austin