I will use the following settings for compiling and testing:

  cflags        (mysql_config) = -I/opt/lampp/include/mysql -I/opt/lampp/include -L/opt/lampp/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/opt/lampp/lib
  embedded      (mysql_config) = 
  libs          (mysql_config) = -L/opt/lampp/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -L/opt/lampp/lib -lssl -lcrypto
  mysql_config  (Users choice) = /opt/lampp/bin/mysql_config
  nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
  nofoundrows   (default     ) = 0
  ssl           (guessed     ) = 1
  testdb        (default     ) = test
  testhost      (default     ) = 
  testpassword  (default     ) = 
  testsocket    (default     ) = 
  testuser      (default     ) = 

To change these settings, see 'perl Makefile.PL --help' and
'perldoc INSTALL'.

Using DBI 1.54 (for perl 5.008008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/
Writing Makefile for DBD::mysql