RE: mysql installation problems

If you are running Debian, install libdbd-mysql using dselect or apt get,
and the dependencies will be handled by apt.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Clark [mailto:nuts@coconutisland.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:16 AM
> To: msql-mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: DBD:mysql installation problems
>
>
> This machine is running Debian linux kernel 2.2.19
>
> I received the following error when trying to install DBD::mysql
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'
>
> Got the same error when attempting a re-install of mysql
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install Mysql'
>
>
>
> LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/local/mysql/lib:/usr/lib" /usr/bin/perl myld cc -o
> blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib dbdimp.o
> ql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
>
> An error occurred while linking the DBD::mysql driver. The error
> message seems to indicate that you don't have a libz.a, libgz.a,
> libz.so or libgz.so. This is typically resolved by:
>
> 1.) You may try to remove the -lz or -lgz flag from the libs list
> by using the --libs switch for "perl Makefile.PL".
> 2.) On Red Hat Linux install libz-devel
> 3.) On other systems, please contact the mailing list
>
> Msql-Mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com
>
> For further hints, see INSTALL.html, section Linker flags.
> make: *** [blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so] Error 1
> /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
> Running make test
> Oops, make had returned bad status
> Running make install
> Oops, make had returned bad status
> hosting:/usr/lib/perl5/DBD#
>
>
>
> In the /usr/lib directory, here's what ls shows:
>
> /usr/lib# ls | grep libz
> libz.so.1
> libz.so.1.1.3
> libzvt.so.2
> libzvt.so.2.2.6
>
> /usr/lib# ls -al | grep libgz
> no results
>
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Clark
> nuts@coconutisland.com
>
>
>
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