Re: [Hampshire] Perl modules, how do I know I have them??

2009/1/13 Tim <xendistar@???>:
> On Tuesday 13 January 2009 10:33:20 Jacqui Caren wrote:
>> Vic wrote:
>> >> DBI and DBD::mysql
>> >>
>> >> How do I check that these are installed? I am running Mepis 8 RC1 (which
>> >> is based on Debian Lenny).
>> >
>> > The easiest way to see if they are on your system is just to try to use
>> > them:
>> >
>> > perl -e "use DBI"
>> > perl -e "use DBD::mysql"
>> >
>> > If you get "Can't locate ..." errors, you haven't got them.
>>
>> perl -MDBD::mysql=99999 -e 'print $DBD::mysql VERSION'
>>
>> should tell you what version you have installed.
>
>
> I could not get your command to run, kept getting
>
> "Cant use undefined value as symbol reference at -e line 1"
>
> Tim

Looks like there was a typo. Missing "::".
I don't have mySQL but do have Oracle - the equivalent result looks like

qg@ws[~/bin]$ perl -MDBD::Oracle=99999 -e 'print $DBD::Oracle::VERSION'
DBD::Oracle version 99999 required--this is only version 1.16 at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/Exporter/Heavy.pm line 121.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
qg@ws[~/bin]$