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

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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

Answer 9

I was getting make test errors. This helped me;
perl Makefile.PL --testuser=bob --testpass=bobtest

Answer 10

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