[ic] Does anyone know where mysql is installed by default in RH7

David Totten akopia@davetotten.com
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 06:48:01 -0700


On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 07:04:50AM -0600, Robert Trembath wrote:
> I know this sounds stupid, but I can't get:  perl -MCPAN -e 'install
> DBD::mysql' to run without errors because its looking for the install of
> mysql with an include directory. Mysql is installed and running as I'm
> running abunch of PHP stuff with it without problem. I've looked through
> the drive and cannot find a mysql directory that has an include
> directory. PLEASE HELP! IC 4.6.1 works great with default database, but
> I want a sql server running the database for increased performance and
> managebility. The DBI is installed and up-to-date. My config is RH Linux
> 7, Apache, MySQL 3.23, Perl 5.6

You need to make sure and download mysql-devel*.rpm. The -devel packages hold
all of the .h files needed by other programs sometimes need. You can get it at:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/current/i386/en/RedHat/RPMS/mysql-devel-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm