Thanks Jeff. I have installed ActivePerl on windows and used their PPM. PPM goes over internet and downloads DBI (no need to re-compile). It works very nice without any problem.
As you saw in many emails, Sun does not give "cc" for free, and Perl is compiled with Forte C++/C. When I used GCC, I ran to all kinds of problems which are listed in internet (if you search for "optional language package not installed"). The solution I guess is to compile Perl with GCC too. Now what I have done, I installed a "demo" version of workshop just to be able to compile DBI.pm. Tell me please: If I compile DBI on one sun workstation, can I some how get the generated library use it on all other sun workstations? Regards -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Urlwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:19 AM To: Abtahi, Ali; 'Ronald J Kimball'; Tim Bunce Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: (Fwd) [Fwd] [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > This is good idea. Thanks > > Your best bet is to recompile perl with gcc then install DBI. Not that I would do it, or have tried, but for those wanting binary downloads instead of building it themselves, I believe ActiveState has a solaris port (and linux, for that matter) and PPM installable packages. I prefer building myself, but it is an option to check out ActiveState's offering... Regards, Jeff
