Thank you, Shlomi. I am on Ubuntu when I try to install. I am looking at the links and I see there is also a DBD::msql. I will try that.
Sherman On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> wrote: > Hi Sherman, > > On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:42:54 -0600 > Sherman Willden <sherman.will...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am trying to use perl with mysql. I have a tutorial open which prompted > > me to perform the following. > > > > $ sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell > > cpan> install DBI > > cpan[2]> install DBD::mysql > > > > DBI installed. The 'install DBD::mysql' failed. Is DBD part of DBI? What > am > > I missing? > > DBI stands for Data-Base Interface and is a unified SQL-databases' access > API > for Perl 5 with several backends for the APIs of each database providers. > These > backends are called "Database Drivers" or "DBDs". There's DBD::mysql, > DBD::Pg , > DBD::SQLite and many others - see https://metacpan.org/search?q=dbd , and > "DBD" > by itself is not a thing. > > > > > The DBD run is in the attached installlation-help.txt file > > > > Thank you; > > > > Sherman > > What is your operating system, its version, its Linux/etc. distribution, > perl, > perl version, etc.? There may be a better way to install this CPAN module > there: > > * http://perl-begin.org/topics/cpan/ > > (Note: perl-begin.org a domain that I originated and maintain.). > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Why I Love Perl - http://shlom.in/joy-of-perl > > Fortran - there isn’t a way to do it... oh wait! Now there is. > — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ways_to_do_it.html > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
