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phileas fogg
phileas fogg

Reputation: 1933

Perl: Is it possible to install Mysql module without having Mysql installation?

I'm trying to install the Mysql module on my development machine but it seems to want a local Mysql installation before it will install.

Is there a work around?

I don't need or want a local installation of Mysql, I'm querying a network machine with the installation.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 236

Answers (2)

MichielB
MichielB

Reputation: 4295

You don't specify what system you're on or how you are trying to install DBD::mysql. You'll need the client libraries (and if you're installing from CPAN - the source of the client libraries) but you should not need MySQL Server. If on a linux the mysql-server package is a dependency of DBD::mysql, it would be a bug.

Upvotes: 0

mob
mob

Reputation: 118605

DBD::mysql is a wrapper around the MySQL client libraries. You will at least need to install a client, just like you would need to a client to connect to a remove MySQL server anyway.

Upvotes: 8

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