From: Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli@...>
Date: 2008-01-05T06:12:56+09:00
Subject: Re: DBI doesn't seem to install correctly on CentOS

Joshua Schairbaum wrote:
> Try this to use DBI with MySQL:
> 
> ruby setup.rb config --with=dbi,dbd_mysql

That is in fact what I did, followed by:

ruby setup.rb setup
ruby setup.rb install

and my results were what I described already.  I apparently need to know
the driver I need to load, or perhaps the yum install sequence I need to
use, or perhaps I just need to reboot.  However, your suggestions were
what I already did.

xc

> 
> Regards,
> ch0wda
> 
> On Jan 4, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Xeno Campanoli wrote:
> 
>> I tried installing with the old tarfile sequence using setup.rb, as I
>> couldn't get gems to work and there is apparently no yum install on
>> CentOS.  When I went through the sequence found on
>> http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-dbi.html#TOC_3, and then tried the
>> simple.rb script, I got:
>>
>> % ruby simple.rb
>> /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:344:in 'load_driver': Could not load
>> driver (no such file to load -- mysql) (DBI::InterfaceError)
>>     from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:227:in '_get_full_driver'
>>     from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:213:in 'connect'
>>     from simple.rb:9
>>
>> I presume I'm using old instructions or incomplete ones.  Does anyone
>> have a more recent set of instructions, or can someone fill in my gap?
>>
>> Sincerely, Xeno
>>
>> -- 
>> The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
>> but on good design of the functional unit,
>> not on winning battles, but on preservation.
>>
> 
> 
> 


-- 
The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
but on good design of the functional unit,
not on winning battles, but on preservation.