They will not talk?

[sven_the_money]

Hey I am trying to write a PERL script to work with appache to so that I can talk to mySQL server.

I have appache installed.   No problems there.  I even have the cgi portion working (I think).  I am using the one that the OS ships with.
I have mySQL set up and working.  I can talk to it through the command line.  I even have a couple tables set up thanx to the command line.
I have PERL working, ready to go (again shipped with OS), i have tested (not in the cgi) but have it working.  I can't get the DBI working so that I can get it to talk to the mySQL server.  I get an error saying that PERL can't find the DBI.pm file.   How do i go about setting it up.

The important info:
OS: Apple OS X 10.4.10
G4 Laptop

cpan buddles::DBI did not work and the 'make.pl' file does not work that the cpan DBI download does not work.


thanx
~Luke~

[Makdaam]

Do you have the mod_perl module installed?
Checkout Apache guides for more info, "How to make XXX work with Apache?" is a very common question.

[zizdodrian]

I have had huge trouble installing MySQL and DBI on Mac OS X. I found a guide from Apple themselves which really helped.

Make sure you install the XCode tools, since you need the GCC package that is bundled with them, and visit cpan.org to download both DBI and DBD:MySQL. Both are vital for proper communication. Then you should be able to compile them properly.

If using 'perl Makefile.PL', 'make', 'make install' doesn't work, try prefixing every line with 'sudo' and executing them as root.