Re: [Slashcode-general] Install Perl Module error

[Jesse L. <jes...@gm...>]

I've followed your steps, DBD::mysql installed successfully.
I found there is a other host, so after update mysql root setting,
it's been installed.

Thanks very much.

On 8/15/06, Jamie McCarthy <ja...@mc...> wrote:
> 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='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='' where User='root' and
>     Host='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=foobar
>     # make && make test && make install
>
> If you just want to skip DBD::mysql's tests altogether, try
>
>     cpan> force install DBD::mysql
>
> --
>   Jamie McCarthy
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