moving to sql backend

[Carpetnailz]

On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 08:01 +1000, Liz wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:49:06 -0400
> Carpetnailz <carpetnailz at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> 
> > I'm wanting to explore using a mysql backend for gnucash. All I can
> > find in the tutorial and help manuals is the instruction to "save as"
> > and select the desired sql data format.
> > 
> > But all I see there is the xml format option, and I haven't been able
> > to find any instructions in the documentation on how to get 'save as'
> > to show a mysql option--how to actually create the the mysql backend.
> > The instructions seem to assume you've done it somehow. I have mysql
> > running on my computer and can create a database there for GnuCash,
> > but I need help in how to tell GnuCash to recognize it. I've searched
> > both the help manual and the concepts guide to no avail.
> > 
> > Can you tell me where to find the needed info?
> > 
> > I've got GnuCash 2.4.13 on Fedora 17.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> 
> You need a program to bridge between Gnucash and your database
> backend, MySql.
> 
> In Debian you would install libdbd-mysql.
> You might find it is libdbi-mysql in Fedora - that is a previous name
> for the library.

Yum tells me, "No package available" for both libdbi-mysql and
libdbd-mysql.