DBD::mysql - A Perl5 Database Interface to the MySQL database ============================================================= The driver installation is described in INSTALL.html In short: If you are using ActivePerl/Windows: ppm install DBI ppm install DBD::mysql Red Hat Linux 7.1 (you may prefer gnorpm) rpm -i mysql mysql-devel mysql-server rpm -i perl-DBI rpm -i DBD-MySQL rpm -i zlib-devel SuSE Linux 7.2 (you may prefer yast) rpm -i mysql mysql-client mysql-devel mysql-shared rpm -i perl-DBI rpm -i perl-Msql-Mysql-modules Mandrake Linux 8.0 (any Mandrake specific installation tool?) rpm -i MySQL MySQL-client MySQL-devel MySQL-shared rpm -i perl-DBI rpm -i perl-Mysql rpm -i zlib-devel Debian Linux Install the packages mysql-client mysql-server mysql-doc mysql-common libdbi-perl lidbd-mysql-perl No idea how one does install these under Debian, but I am sure you know. :-) For others, or in case of problems see INSTALL.html. The drivers documentation can be obtained with perldoc lib/DBD/mysql.pod or pod2html lib/DBD/mysql.pod >mysql.html The driver is maintained by a mailing list: msql-mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com