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["Pascal J. Bourguignon" <address@concealed>]

> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:19:24 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Paul Wisén <address@concealed>
>
> Ok, so I am advancing here.. Trying to configure sympa with mysql now.
> 
> There is some perlmodule missing though and I can't figure out witch one.
> 
> running checks.. 
> 
> ******* Check perl for SYMPA ********
> 
> Checking for PERL version:
> -----------------------------
> your version of perl is OK (5.00503  >= 5.00403)
> 
> Checking for REQUIRED modules:
> ------------------------------------------
> perl module          from CPAN       STATUS
> -----------          ---------       ------
> DB_File              DB_FILE        OK (1.73   >= 1.0)
> File::Spec           File-Spec      OK (0.8    >= 0.8)
> IO::Scalar           IO-stringy     OK (1.122  >= 1.0)
> Locale::Msgcat       Msgcat         OK (1.03   >= 1.0)
> MD5                  MD5            OK (1.7    >= 1.0)
> MIME::Base64         MIME-Base64    OK (2.11   >= 1.0)
> MIME::Tools          MIME-Tools     OK (5.316  >= 5.209)
> Mail::Internet       MailTools      OK (1.33   >= 1.32)
> 
> Checking for OPTIONAL modules:
> ------------------------------------------
> perl module          from CPAN       STATUS
> -----------          ---------       ------
> CGI::Fast            CGI            OK (1.01   >= 1.0)
> DBI                  DBI            OK (1.14   >= 1.06)
> FCGI                 FCGI           OK (0.53   >= 0.48)
> Net::LDAP            perl-ldap      seems to be not available on this
> system.
> Install module perl-ldap ? [n]
> ******* NOTE *******
> 
> have reconfigured sympa.conf with db instructions...
> 
> trying to start sympa ..
> 
> getting this:
> 
> [root@junior bin]# ./sympa.pl 
> install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC (@INC
> contains: /home/sympa/bin /home/sympa/bin
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
> .) at (eval 312) line 3.
> Perhaps the DBD::mysql perl module hasn't been fully installed,
              ^^^^^^^^^^ you need this one.
> or perhaps the capitalisation of 'mysql' isn't right.
> Available drivers: ADO, ExampleP, Multiplex, Proxy.
>  at /home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 450
> 
> what do you say ?
> 
> / Paul

I'd say that  I had the same problems when  installing sympa, and that
it should list first thing EVERY  perl modules it will need and ask us
to install them. I too spent  two days to install it, discovering step
by step which modules where needed.

Clearly, sympa is  developed by "perl professionals" and  needs a full
installation of  perl and CPAN modules,  which is not  found on casual
perl users' or plain users' systems. Saying it upfront with a complete
list of modules  to install would help these  users more interested in
sympa than in perl.


I had to install all these modules:

    force install Bundle::libnet
    force install File::Spec
    force install IO::Stringy
    force install Locale::Msgcat
    force install MIME::Base64
    force install MIME::Tools
    force install Mail::Util
    force install CGI::Fast
    force install DBI::DBI
    force install DBD::Pg
    force install FCGI
    force install Net::LDAP

You have to replace;
    force install DBD::Pg
by:
    force install DBD::mysql

    
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