Excellent, I have run 'yun install unixODBC-devel' and now I have the
following:
./usr/include/sql.h
./usr/include/sqlucode.h
./usr/include/sqlite3.h
./usr/include/sqltypes.h
./usr/include/sqlext.h
./usr/lib/libodbc.so
So this makes the correct ODBCHOME as /usr correct? I have set it as
such and rerun 'cpan DBD::ODBC' and despite numerous warnings, etc it
did eventually report install OK. Thanks for your help!
Robert
On Apr 24, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Martin Evans wrote:
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
