Build Notes The 32 bit version of the MySQL database must be installed on the system on which you will build. The DBD-mysql will run with either the 64 bit or 32 bit version, but must be built with the 32 bit version. For example: Download mysql-5.1.37-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz ( 32bit version) or the latest release (See http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#aix) and untar on the build machine in the /usr/local directory. cd /usr/local/mysql ln -s mysql-5.1.37-aix5.3-powerpc mysql Need cc_r compiler installed on AIX build system. Download DBD-mysql-4.007.tar.gz from CPAN. Put the gz file in /opt/freeware/src/packages/BUILD directory and unwrap it (gunzip & tar -xvf ). Put the DBD-mysql.spec file provided by xCAT in the /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS directory. Go to the subdirectory DBD-mysql-4.007 and run "cpan2rpm ." (cpan2rpm is available from CPAN) Creates: /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/perl-DBD-mysql-4.007-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm