This is the error message that I get when installing Mysql.
#rpm -Uvh MySQL-client-4.0.15-0.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: perl(the) is needed by MySQL-client-4.0.15-0.i386.rpm
This is very odd, you may get better help from a MySQL list or support site. Why the MySQL client has a dependency on Perl is beyond me, but it also suggests that Perl is not installed or found on your system, which seems odd, but that is an rpm or MySQL rpm issue. Dependency checking has kind of become a joke to me in the rpm world. Did you install Perl from sources? Is Perl installed?
You could force the rpm to install without dependency checking depending on your personal beliefs about that, or depending on your requirements you might consider using a 3.x.x series MySQL to see if it works.
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Eric Rose wrote:
Are these part of CPAN modules or built into Perl itself? I'm trying to install Mysql and it's complaining that perl(this) and perl(the) are missing. I couldn't find anything on Google.
Do you mean 'this' and 'the' explicitly or are you using them as placeholders for more specific things? Your post is rather confusing.
I am assuming you are installing DBD::MySQL/DBI? If you mean MySQL then you should check out a forum specifically for that DB engine. If you are referring to the Perl modules for accessing the database then you will need a C compiler, make utility, and the mysql client development libraries for your platform.
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