Perl, modules & rh7 seem to be causing problems

This is my first post to this list, and I’m sorry to say we’re stuck.

I know this isn’t specifically an “rt” issue, but I hope someone on this
list has come up with it before.

We’re running RH7 Linux, and when we install Msql-Mysql-modules, using #
perl -MCPAN -e shell, if we say yes to MysqlPerl emulation, we get an
error “/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz”:

Running Mkbootstrap for DBD::mysql ()
chmod 644 mysql.bs

LD_RUN_PATH=“/usr/lib/mysql:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.9
6” gcc -o …/blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so -shared
-L/usr/local/lib dbdimp.
o mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lm -lz
-L/usr/lib/
gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96 -lgcc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** […/blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/root/.cpan/build/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215/mysql’
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
/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
Bundle summary: The following items in bundle Bundle::DBD::mysql had
installation problems:
Mysql DBD::mysql

If we install saying “no”, the install works, but of course rt doesn’t
.

Has anyone come up against this at all before? Any ideas on where to
look?

All help appreciated. Thanks.

Jeff
Jeff Lasman jblists@nobaloney.net
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