[root@vine32 DBD-mysql-2.9007]# perl Makefile.PL --libs="-L/usr/local/mysql/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-vine-linux/3.3.2 -lgcc" --cflags=-I/usr/local/mysql/mysql/include --testhost=127.0.0.1 I will use the following settings for compiling and testing: cflags (Users choice) = -I/usr/local/mysql/mysql/include libs (Users choice) = -L/usr/local/mysql/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-vine-linux/3.3.2 -lgcc mysql_config (guessed ) = mysql_config nocatchstderr (default ) = 0 nofoundrows (default ) = 0 ssl (guessed ) = 0 testdb (default ) = test testhost (Users choice) = 127.0.0.1 testpassword (default ) = testsocket (default ) = testuser (default ) = To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and 'perldoc INSTALL'. Using DBI 1.43 (for perl 5.008002 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql