Please read the archives for this list. There is a PPM installable DBD::Oracle.
Regards, Jeff > > > Thank you, Andy. > > I did use ActivePerl to generate the makefile, and I didn't > realize that I had to have VC++ to compile a module for it. > Exactly as you guessed, I was hoping to use Cygwin and GCC to > compile and install. > > So without VC++ and wanting to use ActivePerl, DBD::Oracle > isn't an option for me then, is that right? > > Thanks for your help, > Tim > > > > > > Andy Hassall > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tim Green/HWRD/LOU/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Subject: Re: > Make error: Makefile:857: *** missing separator. Stop. > 08/12/2003 03:00 > > PM > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm running into an error that completely has me stumped. > Trying to > > install DBD-Oracle-1.14, I'm getting this error when I run make: > > > > Makefile:857: *** missing separator. Stop. > > > > I understand the usual symptoms of this problem (I think), and it's > > none of those. There are not spaces in place of a tab in the > > Makefile, and the file gives the same error whether I run > with it in > > Unix or DOS format. I've read all the readme's, searched > for the error > > all over the web, read the GNU make docs, to no avail. Here's my > > platform info: > > > > Windows 2000 Professional > > ActiveState ActivePerl 5.8 > > Cygwin > > DBI 1.37 > > Oracle 9.2 client > > If you're using ActiveState Perl, you must use Microsoft > Visual C++ to compile modules, using its nmake.exe as the > make program. > > If you're using Cygwin Perl, you must use Cygwin's gcc to > compile, and Cygwin's make as the make program. > > If you get it the wrong way around, you get that error (I > think the 'missing separator' one is when you attempt to use > Cygwin make on a Makefile generated for ActiveState Perl, > i.e. one targetted at Microsoft nmake). > > If you've got VC++ installed, then do 'nmake' instead of 'make'. > > -- > Andy Hassall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) icq(5747695) (http://www.andyh.co.uk) > Space: disk usage analysis tool (http://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space) > > > >
