From: Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli@...>
Date: 2008-01-05T06:57:14+09:00
Subject: Re: DBI doesn't seem to install correctly on CentOS

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

the file is:
cksum dbi-0.1.1.tar.gz
3411302326 155533 dbi-0.1.1.tar.gz

I also just made sure libdbi-driver is installed by yum, among others,
and that has made no difference.
> 
> 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.