Re: [Slashcode-general] Install Perl Module error

[Jamie M. <ja...@mc...>]

OK, so DBD::mysql doesn't install... there are about a million
reasons that could happen.

One is that it wants to connect to a DB at localhost with no
password.  You may not have a DB running at localhost;  it may not
allow root connections;  it may want a password for root connections.

If you find that 'mysql -u root -h localhost' works for you from a
root shell, check to see if you have a ~/.my.cnf file that specifies
a password you've forgotten about.

Do a

    mysql> select * from mysql.user where User=3D'root';

and see if a passworded entry pops up.  I just checked on one of my
home test boxes, and doing

    mysql> update mysql.user set Password=3D'' where User=3D'root' and
    Host=3D'localhost';
    mysql> flush privileges;

switched my 'make test' for DBD::mysql from

    Failed 20/22 test scripts. 428/434 subtests failed.

to

    All tests successful, 1 test skipped.

Of course I reset the password back the way it was, afterwards!

If that's your issue, feel free to try that.

If the DB you want to use for testing is on a different host, or you
want to test with a different user or specify a password etc., try

    cpan> look DBD::mysql
    # perl Makefile.PL --usage
    # perl Makefile.PL --testcustomargs=3Dfoobar
    # make && make test && make install

If you just want to skip DBD::mysql's tests altogether, try

    cpan> force install DBD::mysql

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  Jamie McCarthy
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  ja...@mc...