DBD::mysql on Leopard

I've encountered this problem

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _mysql_init Referenced from: /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.bundle Expected in: dynamic lookup

dyld: Symbol not found: _mysql_init Referenced from: /Library/Perl/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.bundle Expected in: dynamic lookup

I always have problems due to multiple installation of mysql my hand, 32 and 64 bit, and 2 different installations of perl (one coming from Leopard, the other from port).

To solve this (due to 64bit mysql libraries and missing 32bit libs) I decided to recompile DBD::mysql on my box in CPAN

CPAN> force install DBD::mysql

and apparently this solved the problem

CPAN not working

uh, CPAN stopped working on my MacBook yesterday...
no apparent reason for that, only an error like:

Can't locate Mac/Files.pm in @INC (...)

after checking libraries and the file /Library/Perl/5.8.8/AppendToPath
I've decided to make a fresh installation of Mac::Files...

I've downloaded from:
http://search.cpan.org/~cnandor/Mac-Carbon-0.77/Files/Files.pm

and made a forced installation...

CPAN is back at work, now!

ImageMagick

I think ImageMagick is the right weapon for most image manipulation scripts...

I generally use mac ports to install / update it, I've found a small bug about
a mismatching checksum.

A port selfupdate solved all (since some good guy solved the checksum bug ahead)

show / unshow all files in Finder - OSX

with the command, from the Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles [ TRUE | FALSE ]

and restarting Finder (note the upcase)

killall Finder

Finder will show/unshow all the hidden files

check up agent, how to remove

given this error:
Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/6/08 5:05:03 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.app4mac.CheckUpAgent[5367]) posix_spawn("/Applications/CheckUp.app/Contents/MacOS/CheckUpAgent", ...): No such file or directory



on a terminal


sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.app4mac.CheckUpAgent.plist