PCZero

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I have (and have had for some time) several perl .cgi scripts that I call via cron jobs to update/clear/reset some of my MySQL tables. Starting a few weeks ago, all of these scripts are failing. All of these scripts begin with the same lines of code...

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#!/usr/bin/perl

use DBI;

my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:_DATABASE_", "_USER_", "_PASSWORD_");
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The error message I get is as follows...

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install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't load '/usr/local/lib64/perl5/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so' for module DBD::mysql: libmysqlclient.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib64/perl5/DynaLoader.pm line 200.
at (eval 3) line 3
Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 3.
Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected at /home/foo/public_html/cgi-bin/bar.cgi line 5
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I am having a severe brain fart right now. Someone please tell me what I need to install or what script I need to run to fix this...
 

PCZero

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Well instead of answering the previous question you can answer the following one...

Why is it that within 30 seconds of posting a question my brain wakes up and I remember the solution that I was looking for?