
DBD::mysql - A Perl5 Database Interface to the MySQL database
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The driver installation is described in

  INSTALL.html

In short: If you are using

  ActivePerl/Windows:

    ppm install DBI
    ppm install DBD::mysql

  Red Hat Linux 7.1 (you may prefer gnorpm)

    rpm -i mysql mysql-devel mysql-server
    rpm -i perl-DBI
    rpm -i DBD-MySQL
    rpm -i zlib-devel

  SuSE Linux 7.2 (you may prefer yast)

    rpm -i mysql mysql-client mysql-devel mysql-shared
    rpm -i perl-DBI
    rpm -i perl-Msql-Mysql-modules

  Mandrake Linux 8.0 (any Mandrake specific installation tool?)

    rpm -i MySQL MySQL-client MySQL-devel MySQL-shared
    rpm -i perl-DBI
    rpm -i perl-Mysql
    rpm -i zlib-devel

  Debian Linux

    Install the packages

      mysql-client mysql-server mysql-doc mysql-common
      libdbi-perl lidbd-mysql-perl

    No idea how one does install these under Debian, but I am
    sure you know. :-)      

  For others, or in case of problems see INSTALL.html.


The drivers documentation can be obtained with

  perldoc lib/DBD/mysql.pod

or

  pod2html lib/DBD/mysql.pod >mysql.html



The driver is maintained by a mailing list:

  msql-mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com
