Your memory serves you well. I had to dig pretty deeply in the installer
(plus had to turn on the option to show all packages including required
dependencies just to figure out it wasn't installed). I sadly almost
installed the server before figuring out that it was possible to install
the development kit without installing the server.
Thank you much!
-Jeffrey Poore
Steven Vetzal wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>If memory serves, one thing I had to do when installing the Oracle
>database client (and when I wanted to compile DBD::Oracle) was to take
>particular care in ensuring the "Oracle9i Development Kit" was installed
>(I don't believe it was included in the base installation).
>
>I remember taking similar steps to yours, finding a bunch of .mk files
>as well, then going back and scouring the custom installation options to
>figure out what might have been missed. I dropped in the package above,
>and it off it went...
>
>YMMV 8^)
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jeffrey Poore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:02 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: DBD on Mandrake Linux 8 with Oracle 9i
>>
>>
>>I seem to be having problems installing DBD::Oracle with Oracle 9i
>>installed on Linux Mandrake 8.0 on a Pentium III. (I also can't seem
>>to get the Oracle 8.1.7 installer working either... argghh...).
>>
>>I get this message:
>>----
>>
>>Using DBI 1.20 installed in
>>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/DBI
>>
>> Configuring DBD::Oracle ...
>>
>>>>> Remember to actually *READ* the README file!
>>>>>
>> Especially if you have any problems.
>>
>>Using Oracle in /usr/local/oracle
>>Found header files in rdbms/demo.
>>
>> Unable to locate an oracle.mk, proc.mk or other suitable *.mk
>> file in your Oracle installation. (I looked in
>> /usr/local/oracle/rdbms/lib/oracle.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/oracle.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/otrace/demo/atmoci.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/precomp/demo/proc/proc.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/precomp/demo/proc/demo_proc.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/proc/lib/proc.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/proc16/lib/proc16.mk)
>>----
>>
>>I have done a find, and I have no oracle.mk, proc.mk, but I do have:
>>
>>---
>>/usr/local/oracle/ldap/lib/env_ldap.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/ldap/lib/ins_ldap.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/ldap/demo/demo_ldap.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/network/lib/env_network.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/network/lib/ins_cman.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/network/lib/ins_names.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/lib/env_rdbms.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/plsql/spnc_makefile.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/plsql/lib/env_plsql.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/plsql/lib/ins_plsql.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/precomp/lib/ins_precomp.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/precomp/lib/env_precomp.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/jis/demo/java.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/jis/demo/unix.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/javavm/demo/java.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/javavm/demo/unix.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/ord/im/lib/env_ordim.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/ord/img/demo/demo_ordimg.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/sqlplus/lib/env_sqlplus.mk
>>/usr/local/oracle/sqlplus/lib/ins_sqlplus.mk
>>---
>>
>>I have tried all that seemed relevant, but eventually, I get these
>>errors:
>>
>>---
>>Warning: Oracle /usr/local/oracle/network/lib/env_network.mk doesn't
>>define a 'build' rule.
>>
>>Warning: I will now try to guess how to build and link DBD::Oracle for
>>you.
>>This kind of guess work is very error prone and Oracle-version
>>sensitive.
>>It is possible that it won't be supported in future versions of
>>DBD::Oracle.
>>*PLEASE* notify dbi-users abut exactly _why_ you had to build it this
>>way.
>>---
>>
>>and then if I do a make, it breaks with these errors:
>>
>>---
>>In file included from Oracle.h:20,
>> from Oracle.xs:1:
>>dbdimp.h:44:20: ocidfn.h: No such file or directory
>>dbdimp.h:57:21: ociapr.h: No such file or directory
>>In file included from Oracle.h:20,
>> from Oracle.xs:1:
>>dbdimp.h:97: parse error before `Lda_Def'
>>dbdimp.h:97: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
>>dbdimp.h:98: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
>>dbdimp.h:105: parse error before `}'
>>dbdimp.h:126: parse error before `Cda_Def'
>>dbdimp.h:126: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
>>dbdimp.h:127: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
>>dbdimp.h:153: parse error before `}'
>>dbdimp.h:279: parse error before `Lda_Def'
>>Oracle.xsi: In function `XS_DBD__Oracle__db_commit':
>>Oracle.xsi:73: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
>>(continues for a few screens)
>>---
>>
>>Does anyone know what mk file I should be using? Gotten around this?
>>Any help would be appreciated...
>>
>>-Jeffrey Poore
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>
