[Pdx-pm] DBD::mysql cont.
James marks
jamarks at jamarks.com
Wed Mar 31 04:01:22 CST 2004
This is the situation as I understand it:
The Makefile.PL script, when run, returns this error:
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL
line 174.
readline() on closed filehandle PIPE at Makefile.PL line 176.
The relevant lines in Makefile.PL are as follows:
173 # First try mysql_config
174 open(PIPE, "mysql_config --$param |");
175 my $str = "";
176 while (defined(my $line = <PIPE>)) {
with line 174 returning an error (null value?) causing line 176 to
fail. It seems that the script is unable to locate the "mysql_config"
file which, in fact, resides in this directory:
/usr/local/mysql/bin/
where "mysql" is an alias to
"mysql-standard-4.0.15-apple-darwin6.4-powerpc"
I don't know how to direct the Makefile.PL script to that directory.
> You might have to use something like "set PATH
> /usr/local/mysql-standard-4.0.15-apple-darwin6.4-powerpc/bin/:$PATH"
> depending on what your shell requires...
I've tried this:
[iMac:~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-2.9003] jamesmar% set PATH
/usr/local/mysql-standard-4.0.15-apple-darwin6.4-powerpc/bin/:$PATH
but it returns the following:
tcsh: set: Variable name must begin with a letter.
I'm not sure what that means. To me, the obvious shell variable is
"PATH" which begins with a letter, and the obvious Perl variable is
$PATH but Perl variables must begin with a symbol rather than just a
letter and, ignoring the $ symbol, the next character IS a letter.
(Again, please keep in mind that I'm just learning Perl - and
programming for that matter - and some things which might appear to be
blatantly obvious to the average programmer my sail right past me
without a sound.)
I could try leaving the $ symbol off of the last word in the "set"
statement but that would, to me, represent "PATH" as a file or
directory.
I tried leaving the Perl variable off of the end of the "set" statement
and got the same response:
tcsh: set: Variable name must begin with a letter.
It's late (2 a.m.) and I have to be at work early this morning so I'll
have to put it on hold for now and try again this evening.
I really appreciate all the advice and suggestions that have been
offered so far. Please let me know if I wear out my welcome!
James
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