Robert Denton wrote:
I installed using yum, as in yum install unixODBC. I did a search for
some of those files. a 'find -name sql*.h' yielded a single result:
./usr/include/sqlite3.h and 'find -name libodbc.so' yielded:
./usr/lib/libodbc.so
Do you recommend I unyum it and and install from source? I would hope
that if it is yumable then the yum install would suffice.
Robert
You need to install unixODBC development with yum in addition to what
you've probably already installed which is unixODBC runtime.
I don't use yum myself but normally unixODBC is split into runtime and
development packages - you need both.
Martin
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Martin J. Evans
Easysoft Limited
http://www.easysoft.com
On Apr 24, 2007, at 8:17 AM, Martin J. Evans wrote:
Robert Denton wrote:
Hi, I am hoping someone here recognizes this problem:
I have installed unixODBC for use as a driver manager for DBD::ODBC.
However, when I run the command: 'cpan DBD::ODBC' I end up with the
following error:
Hmm...I cannot find an ODBC driver manager that I recognize.
...And I know about these drivers:
Microsoft ODBC, adabas, easysoft, empress, esodbc, informix,
intersolve, iodbc, sapdb, solid, udbc, unixodbc
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL]
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.62)
Running make test
Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, won't install
Perhaps the problem is that the ODBCHOME env var is set wrong? I
have tried the following:
export ODBCHOME=/usr/bin
export ODBCHOME=/etc
both yield the same results... Could someone make a recommedation?
Thanks!!
Robert
First, make sure you've installed unixODBC fully i.e. if you installed
from some sort of package (not from source) you installed development
support or you won't have the necessary headers (e.g. sql.h, sqlext.h,
sqltypes.h etc).
DBD::ODBC needs to know where to find:
o sql*.h header files
o libodbc.so, the ODBC driver manager.
It is expected they all reside under a single path e.g. /usr/local in
which the headers are looked for in /usr/local/etc and the libraries
in /usr/local/lib (in this case you'd set ODBCHOME to /usr/local). It
may be your unixODBC is installed such that headers are in /etc and
libraries in /lib (in which case ODBCHOME should be /). If you have
unixODBC installed not under a single path (e.g. headers in /etc and
libraries in /usr/lib) this will cause you a problem since DBD::ODBC
does not expect this and there is no way to specify different
locations. In this latter case you will have to hack the Makefile.PL
or Makefile or reinstall unixODBC under a single path.
Martin
--Martin J. Evans
Easysoft Limited
http://www.easysoft.com
