CODEWITHSUNDEEP
mysqldatabaseperl
ian
ian

Reputation: 653

Trying to install Perl-Mysql DBD, mysql_config can't be found

Here's the output:

Ian-MacBook-Pro:DBD-mysql-4.011 ianseyer$ sudo Perl Makefile.PL
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 76.

Cannot find the file 'mysql_config'! Your execution PATH doesn't seem 
not contain the path to mysql_config. Resorting to guessed values!
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located


PLEASE NOTE:

For 'make test' to run properly, you must ensure that the 
database user 'root' can connect to your MySQL server 
and has the proper privileges that these tests require such 
as 'drop table', 'create table', 'drop procedure', 'create procedure'
as well as others. 

mysql> grant all privileges on test.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by 's3kr1t';

You can also optionally set the user to run 'make test' with:

perl Makefile.pl --testuser=username

Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 454.
Can't find mysql_config. Use --mysql_config option to specify where mysql_config is located
Failed to determine directory of mysql.h. Use

  perl Makefile.PL --cflags=-I

to set this directory. For details see the INSTALL.html file,
section "C Compiler flags" or type

  perl Makefile.PL --help

I've researched the issue and tried making a symlink to no avail.

Do I have to compile this myself?

Upvotes: 44

Views: 52629

Answers (11)

user3183111
user3183111

Reputation: 321

This is an issue with DBD and Debian 12 (Bookworm) - this fixes it every time for me

apt install libmariadb-dev

cpan DBD::MariaDB

Upvotes: 0

AaronC
AaronC

Reputation: 111

Install the mysql-devel package that pertains to your distro and mysql server version.

Upvotes: 11

99Sono
99Sono

Reputation: 3677

If you installed the mysql server that everybody installs: sudo apt-get install mysql-server (or something like this)

you are missing a few extra files on which the makefile for this perl module depends.

You can try to work around this issue by installing the following package:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

REFERENCE: http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/RUDY/DBD-mysql-2.9008/INSTALL.html#configuration

Upvotes: 64

AlbertFont
AlbertFont

Reputation: 36

I solved installing libmariadbclient-dev, libmariadb-dev and mariadb-client on debian 9.13

apt install mariadb-client libmariadbclient-dev libmariadb-dev

Upvotes: 0

Eranga Atugoda
Eranga Atugoda

Reputation: 131

Try yum install mariadb-devel for CentOS 7 and then run the required Perl module installation such as cpan DBD::mysql

Upvotes: 2

PodTech.io
PodTech.io

Reputation: 5254

I was getting make test errors. This helped me;

perl Makefile.PL  --testuser=bob  --testpass=bobtest

Upvotes: 0

made_in_india
made_in_india

Reputation: 2279

if u r using ubuntu , u can easily install using the below cmd

    sudo apt-get install libdbd-mysql-perl

for more detail check the cpan install.pod consist detail about other Linux flavor

Upvotes: 10

Damian Green
Damian Green

Reputation: 653

Applying to ubuntu/debian users (I'm running U-12.0.4), it was suggested above that users do:

sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

But then there is another problem with the maketest portion of the install where the "password: NO" FAILED. To bypass that test, just use force:

sudo cpan -f DBD::mysql

Upvotes: 18

JohnH
JohnH

Reputation: 46

If you try to install via CPAN you cannot, as far as I know, set the --mysql_config option directly. And, including the directory containing mysql_config in the PATH environment variable does not seem to help.

However, if you do have the file mysql_config available somewhere, you can do the following to make the install succeed:

ln -s /path/to/mysql_config /usr/local/bin/

Then, remove the symbolic link after the DBD::mysql installation.

The tests during install will still fail, unless you have installed MySQL in some central/default location on your system, but installation will still succeed.

If you do not have mysql_config available, you can get it from a tar.gz download of the MySQL Community Server from mysql.com. It will be located in the bin/ subdirectory of the extracted files. If you want to have MySQL installed on your system, a better option is probably to download the RPMs and install them, or install via the package management system of your OS.

Upvotes: 3

Jack
Jack

Reputation: 41

You just need mysql-server and mysql-devel installed locally so that cpan can build the module, you can probably remove the mysql server afterwards.

Upvotes: 4

mob
mob

Reputation: 118595

Find the script mysql_config.pl under your MySQL directory, and run Makefile.PL like:

perl Makefile.PL --mysql_config=/path/to/mysql-5.x.y.zzz/bin/mysql_config.pl

Upvotes: 4

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