----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 06:56
Subject: problems building DBD


> I am trying to install DBD  on one of my systems. All of them have gone
> fine except one. I have Installed DBI with no problems but when I try to
>
> perl Makefile.PL for DBD I get:
>
>
> Can't locate loadable object for module DBI in @INC (@INC contains:
> /usr/local/perl/lib/5.00503/sun4-solaris /usr/local/perl/lib/5.00503
> /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris
> /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005 .) at
> /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBI.pm line 235
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> /usr/local/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris/DBI.pm line 235.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 21.
>
>
> It does seem to find DBI and errors on line 235. In the DBI.pm it seem to
> indicate that if it fails there that DBI is not installed correctly.

You should be building DB_I_, not DBD.  You will also need to build DBD::xxx
where xxx is the database type you want to connect to.

If you are really trying to build one of the DBD::xxx modules, it appears
DBI has not been installed correctly and will need to b installed again.
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