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Subject: Re: Back to mysql
From: "Yaakov (Cygwin/X)" <yselkowitz AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:47:01 -0600
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On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 18:52 -0500, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> I'm trying to port a Perl script of mine that uses DBI and DBD::mysql 
> to update a database running on another, Linux, server. I have been able 
> to install DBI (cpan DBI) and get it to compile, but I cannot get 
> DBD::mysql to install. When I try I get
> 
> Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 
> 464.
> Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where 
> mysql_config is located
> 
> My understanding is that this mysql_config is only present when you 
> install mysql_client (well on a Linux system it's called mysql_client) 
> but IIRC there is no mysql_client for Cygwin - or is there?
> 
> Any workarounds? Is there a way I can install the Windows version of 
> mysql_client and have Cygwin's Perl interact with it?

mysql_config is YA foo-config script as included in some -devel
packages.  You can get mysql, libmysql*, perl-DBI, and perl-DBD-mysql
from Ports.


Yaakov



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