Rex wrote: > > Thanks a lot for a lucid response, Chas. Following your advice, I was > able to successfully install DBI on my work laptop (XP), but not on my > home machine (Vista x64 Home Premium). > > However, even in my XP box, I am unable to install DBD::Oracle. > > When I issued the following command: > > cpan DBD::Oracle > > I got a bunch of output messages, with the final messages being like this: > > make: *** [blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.dll] Error 1 > PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracle-1.22.tar.gz > /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK > Running make test > Can't test without successful make > Running make install > Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible > > I went to the CPAN site and there DBD::Oracle version 1.22 (the same > one that failed in my Cygwin Perl installation) and noticed a bunch of > FAIL reports at > http://www.cpantesters.org/show/DBD-Oracle.html#DBD-Oracle-1.22 . None > of that had any failures against Windows. > > So, will it be safe to infer that this module hasn't been tested > successfully for Cygwin Perl?
First of all, please bottom post. It is the standard for this list and helps non-trivial threads remain comprehensible. I wonder if you have a reason for using Cygwin? It is not clear from your posts that you do, and it would be much simpler to use ActivePerl throughout if you don't need to maintain two different versions. Assuming that you need Cygwin, you should take a look at perldoc perlmodinstall which explains how to install modules manually. If you use the CPAN shell command look DBD::Oracle then you will have direct access to the unpacked module, and you can go ahead and type perl Makefile.PL and then make which will attempt to build your module, and will let you see any errors in the build. Once that is successful you can make test and fix any runtime errors, and then make install and your module will be installed. If you have a problem getting through any of these phases then post the log here and we will take another look. HTH, Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
