Tuesday, 26 March 2013

How to install DBD::mysql on OSX (Perlbrew)

Step 1 : Install MySQL, from dev.mysql.com
Step 2 : Configure MySQL

  • PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin
  • mysqladmin -u root password 'your_password'
Step 3 : Install DBD::mysql

  • perl -MCPAN -e 'shell'
  • get DBD::mysql
  • cd ~/.cpan/build/DBD-mysql-5*/
  • perl Makefile.PL--testuser='mysql_user_name' --testpassword='mysql_passwd'
  • cd /usr/local/lib
  • sudo ln -s /usr/local/mysql/lib/*.dylib .
  • make
  • make test
  • sudo make install
It voila..it works now :)