Useless use of private variable in void context at Makefile.PL line 524. You are using a Perl configured with threading enabled. Please read the warnings in DBI about this. You should also be aware that on non-Windows platforms ODBC drivers come in two forms, thread-safe and non-thread-safe drivers and you may need to make sure you are using the right one. Press return to continue... Overriding ODBC Directory with command line option: /var/root/perforce_install/ODBC/libiodbc_install_dir >>> Remember to actually *READ* the README file! And re-read it if you have any problems. Overriding ODBC Directory with command line option: /var/root/perforce_install/ODBC/libiodbc_install_dir Using ODBC in /var/root/perforce_install/ODBC/libiodbc_install_dir Umm, this looks like a unixodbc type of driver manager. We expect to find the sql.h, sqlext.h and (which were supplied with unixODBC) in $ODBCHOME/include directory alongside the /var/root/perforce_install/ODBC/libiodbc_install_dir/lib/libodbc.a library in $ODBCHOME/lib Warning: LD_LIBRARY_PATH doesn't include /var/root/perforce_install/ODBC/libiodbc_install_dir Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good Using DBI 1.52 (for perl 5.008008 on darwin-thread-multi-2level) installed in /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBI/ Using DBI 1.52 (for perl 5.008008 on darwin-thread-multi-2level) installed in /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.8.8/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBI/ Writing Makefile for DBD::ODBC The DBD::ODBC tests will use these values for the database connection: DBI_DSN= e.g. dbi:ODBC:demo DBI_USER= DBI_PASS= Warning: not all required environment variables are set.