On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:26:05 +1100 Steve Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to build DBD::Oracle 1.12 on the latest cygwin, and perl 5.8 > - without much success. I have Oracle 9.2 installed on the XP side of > my machine, and have verified it is functional. I can run sql*plus from > cygwin (if that proves anything). Every other Perl module (including > DBI) has installed and worked flawlessly. As you will see from the > output below, my $ORACLE_HOME is set to /cygdrive/f/oracle/ora92 (which > translates to f:\oracle\ora92 in the XP world). > > I followed the instructions in README.wingcc to build liboci.a. > > Here is the output from Makefile.PL ... > > [DBD-Oracle-1.12]$ perl Makefile.PL > Using DBI 1.30 installed in > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/cygwin-multi-64int/auto/DBI > Using liboci.a (did you build it?) > !!! Note (probably harmless): No library found for -loci > Is this do-able, or am I bashing my head against a brick wall ? Any > hints much appreciated. Where did you save the liboci.a? It should probably be in DBD-Oracle-1.12/, but it needs to be somewhere in the library search path used by Makefile.PL before you run Makefile.PL. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
