Installing Perl Modules

[Phil Kwong]

Hi, i'm not sure if i'm posting in the right place, but I don't know where else to post. I'm trying to install a perl module for mysql, and i've been using this cpan method i found on the internet. so i configured cpan, and started installing modules, and i do a "install DBD::mysql" and in the end, i end up with

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dbdimp.c:2415: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2415: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2415: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2418: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2418: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2418: warning: passing arg 3 of `mysql_dr_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
dbdimp.c:2419: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2420: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c:2423: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c: In function `mysql_db_quote':
dbdimp.c:2559: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
dbdimp.c: In function `mysql_db_last_insert_id':
dbdimp.c:2575: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make: *** [dbdimp.o] Error 1
/usr/bin/make -- NOT OK
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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This occurs with a whole buncha other dereferencing lines. I go to try and run a script, and it says

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DBD::mysql initialisation failed: Can't locate object method "driver" via package "DBD::mysql" at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux/DBI.pm line 747.

Perhaps the capitalisation of DBD 'mysql' isn't right. at /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/owl-0.90/admin/tools/bigindex.pl line 77
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Does anyone know what i can do? Thanks,