Installing DBI and DBD::mysql in 10.4 Tiger, with MySQL 5.0

Question

After some discussion here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=546982&tstart=0
I wanted to document what was required to get Bundle::DBI and DBD::mysql installed.
I started off with the helpful info found on the following two pages, but I had to do more to get it working:
http://www.truerwords.net/articles/osx/installdbdmysql.html
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2004/06/07/installingdbia.php
Note: I am working with mysql-standard-5.0.15-osx10.4-powerpc,
downloaded and configured according to the MySQL site instructions.
If you are using an earlier version of MySQL, then you will need to adjust accordingly. The articles I link to above, may work for you verbatim.
1. Download DBI 1.51 from CPAN:
http://search.cpan.org/~hoymich/DBI-1.45-5.8.4/
2. Unpack the file, eg: tar -xzvf DBI-1.51.tar.gz
3. cd into the directory
4. Type perl Makefile.PL
5. Type make && make test
6. sudo make install (NB: See below !)
7. IMPORTANT: to get DBD to install, you may need to specify the location of your mysql_config file:
perl Makefile.PL --testdb=test --testuser=nameused --testpassword=actualpasswdused --testhost=localhost --mysqlconfig=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqlconfig
If something goes wrong, backup by typing:
make clean
Another note: I granted full priveleges for the "test" user on the "test" database, which is accepting local connections only and will be removed after everything is configured.
# now for DBD
8. Download DBD::mysql from CPAN http://search.cpan.org/~capttofu/DBD-mysql-3.0006
9. unpack the archive & cd into it
10. perl Makefile.PL --testdb=test --testuser=nameused --testpassword=actualpwdused --testhost=localhost
11. make && make test
12. sudo make install
That's what it took, hopefully this will help others who need it, and not offend those who know more about it

Answer 1

Hi David!
I'm trying to help my incredibly frustrated boyfriend, who's trying to upgrade to Tiger on his 12" PB (1.3 MHz single processor).
He does a lot of web design and development, so he formatted his drive as HFS+, case-sensitive, journaled, and has installed his Adobe apps on a dmg, which works great.
BUT (and he says this is always a problem) installing DBD::mySQL is proving near-impossible! His install is failing 98% of the tests run during maketest. He thinks the problem may actually be occurring when he runs Makefile. Here's the error message he's getting, even after reading your posts:
During Makefile.PL:
Can't exec "mysql_config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line 450.
Do you have any idea of a direction to point him in? He's so frustrated he can't even post to the forum - language not suitable for family viewing at this time.
Thanks!
Natalie
Dual 867MHz G4 MDD   Mac OS X (10.3.6)