符号查找错误未定义符号：mysql_init

Question

When I am trying the below perl scrip, I am getting the "perl:symbol lookup error". It looks if I modify the PATH currently I could have resolve the issue. But I am not sure what lib I should bring to the PATH. Please let me know how do I resolve this and feel free to share if you have any different solutions or workarounds to this issue.

[root@localhost]# ./create_defs.pl --user root --password amma --db=d1 --table=tbl1

**perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so: undefined symbol: mysql_init**

[root@localhost]# ll /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so

-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 333965 Sep 12 13:05 /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so

[root@localhost]# echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/root/bin

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Here is the perl version in my server, so how do I resolve this issue?

[root@localhost lib]# perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

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Thank you for responding. Following are the commands I used to do the installation

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::DBI'
perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::DBD::mysql'
perl -MCPAN -e 'DBI' perl -MCPAN -e 'DBD::mysql'
perl -MCPAN -e 'install perl-DBD-MySQL'
install Bundle::Mysql

Following are the commands I used, can you please guide me how to clear all the perl module and do the reinstallation.

Answer 1

This isn't a standard Perl error message but reflects a problem with your perl installation.

You have multiple different builds of perl that aren't playing nice.

Without being able to delve into your system the best advice I can give is to remove perl completely and reinstall.