perl -MCPAN -e shell; cpan[3]> install Module DBD::Oracle PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/01base................/usr/lib/dld.sl: Can't shl_load() a library containing Thread Local Storage: /opt/app/oracle/product/8.1.7/JRE/lib/PA_RISC/native_threads/libjava.sl /usr/lib/dld.sl: Exec format error Failed to load Oracle extension and/or shared libraries: install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load '/rootuser/.cpan/build/DBD-Oracle-1.19/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.sl' for module DBD::Oracle: Exec format error at /opt/perl/lib/5.8.8/PA-RISC2.0/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at (eval 3) line 3 Compilation failed in require at (eval 3) line 3. Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected at t/01base.t line 19 The remaining tests will probably also fail with the same error.