From: ian@...
Date: 2008-01-05T06:15:05+09:00
Subject: Re: DBI doesn't seem to install correctly on CentOS

On 4 Jan, 20:32, Joshua Schairbaum <joshua.schairb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Try this to use DBI with MySQL:
>
> ruby setup.rb config --with=dbi,dbd_mysql
>
> 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.

I'd examine why yum doesn't work in centos, it should do. Somethings
wrong with the OS somewhere.
Ian