You *should* be able to do that, but I've always ended up recompiling on each using gcc. gcc is free. Activestate's solaris version should provide the same binary downloads, no compiler required for solaris, too.
Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: Abtahi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:53 AM > To: 'Jeff Urlwin'; Abtahi, Ali; 'Ronald J Kimball'; Tim Bunce > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: (Fwd) [Fwd] [perl #18355] Perl DBI > > > 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 > >
