Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Writing Makefile for DBIx::Tree DBI Connection String? [DBI:mysql:test] DBI:mysql:test User ID? [] Password? [] cp Tree.pm blib/lib/DBIx/Tree.pm AutoSplitting blib/lib/DBIx/Tree.pm (blib/lib/auto/DBIx/Tree) Manifying blib/man3/DBIx::Tree.3 PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi -I/home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/5.6.1 test.pl 1..11 ok 1 DBI connect('test','',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) at test.pl line 31 not ok 2 Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) at test.pl line 36. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255