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Re: perl DBD::mysql under cygwin question
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:34:19 -0700
- Subject: Re: perl DBD::mysql under cygwin question
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fungazid fungazid wrote:
> 1) cygwin is installed under C:\cygwin folde.
> 2) I unpacked mysql linux source to C:\cygwin\home.
> 3) I CD to the new folder
> (C:\cygwin\home\mysql-5.0.37).
> 4) run the command:
> ./configure --prefix=/home/mysql-5.0.37
> --without-server
You're configuring with a prefix that is the same as srcdir. That's
completely nonsensical. --prefix is the root of where the files should
be installed, typically /usr/local. Don't set it to the directory where
you unpacked the sources.
Brian
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