I am trying to install Perl module DBD::Oracle on my RHEL6.1 server. While doing so, I followed following steps:
Installation of following RPMs:
Exporting environment variables
export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib
Installing DBD::Oracle
cpan -i DBD::Oracle
While doing so, it gives following error message:
Installing on a linux, Ver#2.6
Using Oracle in /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64
DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "1201000200" (CHAR)
Oracle version 12.1.0.2 (12.1)
Unable to locate an oracle.mk or other suitable *.mk
file in your Oracle installation. (I looked in
/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/demo/demo_xe.mk /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/lib/oracle.mk /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/demo/oracle.mk /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms.mk /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/demo/demo_rdbms64.mk /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk /usr/share/oracle/12.1/client64/demo.mk under /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64)
The oracle.mk (or demo_rdbms.mk) file is part of the Oracle
RDBMS product. You need to build DBD::Oracle on a
system which has one of these Oracle components installed.
(Other *.mk files such as the env_*.mk files will not work.)
Alternatively you can use Oracle Instant Client.
In the unlikely event that a suitable *.mk file is installed
somewhere non-standard you can specify where it is using the -m option:
perl Makefile.PL -m /path/to/your.mk
See the appropriate README file for your OS for more information and some alternatives.
at Makefile.PL line 1187.
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site]
PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracle-1.74.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
Running make test
Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
Make had some problems, won't install
What's wrong with the installation process? I followed this guide.
After the installation and setup of the Oracle Instant Client, use the normal build steps without the cpan tool, and pass the -l
option to the Makefile.PL
Download the tar.gz
package and unpack it
Build it
perl Makefile.PL -l
make && make test
Install
make install