From: Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli@...>
Date: 2008-01-05T06:47:54+09:00
Subject: Re: DBI doesn't seem to install correctly on CentOS

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

I just tried rebooting also, and that doesn't help.

xc

> 
> 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.