rammohan has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I want to connect to Oracle Database through Perl,for this I'm trying to install DBD::Oracle from CPAN by using following command 
    [root@localhost Admin]# cpan DBD::Oracle

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While running above command on my Linux terminal I'm getting following Error 
    [root@localhost Admin]# cpan DBD::Oracle
    CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.45)
    Going to read '/root/.cpan/Metadata'
      Database was generated on Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:17:02 GMT
    Running install for module 'DBD::Oracle'
    CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.88)
    Running make for P/PY/PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracle-1.70.tar.gz
    CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.47)
    CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.063)
    Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/P/PY/PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracl
+e-1.70.tar.gz ok
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle.pm
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/GetInfo.pm
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Win32.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Vms.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Hpux.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Aix.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Sun.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Macos.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Linux.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Cygwin.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Win64.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting.pod
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/lib/DBD/Oracle/Object.pm
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/oci.def
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/Makefile.PL
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/MANIFEST
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/ocitrace.h
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/Changes
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/LICENSE
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/README.help.txt
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/README.mkdn
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/INSTALL
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/Oracle.xs
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/CONTRIBUTORS
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/META.json
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/oci8.c
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/META.yml
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/Oracle.h
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/dbivport.h
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/typemap
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/23wide_db_al32utf8.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/00versions.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/22nchar_al32utf8.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/31lob.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/lib/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/lib/ExecuteArray.pm
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/10general.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/28array_bind.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/26exe_array.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/14threads.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/rt74753-utf8-encoded.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/23wide_db.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/22nchar_utf8.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/31lob_extended.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/000-report-versions-tiny.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/12impdata.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/36lob_leak.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/24implicit_utf8.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/38taf.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/21nchar.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/70meta.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/15nls.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/39attr.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/rt85886.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/34pres_lobs.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/56embbeded.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/40ph_type.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/55nested.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/30long.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/32xmltype.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/58object.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/50cursor.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/80ora_charset.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/51scroll.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/01base.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/20select.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/nchar_test_lib.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/23wide_db_8bit.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/60reauth.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/rt13865.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/t/25plsql.t
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/japh
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/oradump.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/ora_explain.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/commit.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/bind.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/curref.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/ex.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/read_long_via_blob_read.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/tabinfo.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/proc.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/sql
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/mktable.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/inserting_longs.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/examples/README
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/mkta.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/Todo
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/dbdimp.h
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/macos_syms.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/macos_bundle.syms
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/macos_lib.syms
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/dgux.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/hints/svr4.pl
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/dbdimp.c
    DBD-Oracle-1.70/README
    CPAN: File::Temp loaded ok (v0.22)
    
      CPAN.pm: Going to build P/PY/PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracle-1.70.tar.gz
    
    Using DBI 1.609 (for perl 5.010001 on x86_64-linux-thread-multi) i
+nstalled in /usr/lib64/perl5/auto/DBI/
    
    Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.010001 on linux (x86_64-linux-t
+hread-multi)
    
    Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you hav
+e any problems.
    
    Trying to find an ORACLE_HOME
    Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to ''
    
          The ORACLE_HOME environment variable is not set and I couldn
+'t guess it.
          It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation di
+rectory
          on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture
+).
          See the appropriate README file for your OS for more informa
+tion.
          ABORTED!
      
    Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDI
+RS=site]
      PYTHIAN/DBD-Oracle-1.70.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
    [root@localhost Admin]#

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Currently I'm using LINUX CentOS . In my machine already sqldeveloper to cnnect oracle data base but is don't know the ORACLE_HOME is seted or not because I didn't install that one so.

Did any one face this problem before like me? Please tell me how to resolve this error . Your suggestion will be appropriate.

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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2014 at 07:44 UTC 
     
Trying to find an ORACLE_HOME
Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to ''
    
    The ORACLE_HOME environment variable is not set and I couldn't gue
+ss it.
    It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation director
+y
    on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture).
    See the appropriate README file for your OS for more information.
    ABORTED

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    See the appropriate README file for your OS!

    I mentioned this already in the CB. Karl

    «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by mje (Curate) on Feb 28, 2014 at 08:42 UTC

    Installing SQL Developer makes no difference here, it is a java application. You need to install Instant Client and you'll need to download and unzip the sqlplus, sdk and basic zips. You then set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the dir you unzipped those packages in and export LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

    Occassionally Oracle distribute instant client with a symbolic link missing and that stops DBD::Oracle building. If this is the case look in the unzip dir for a lib called something like libclntsh.so.12.1 and create a symbolic link from libclntsh.so to libclntsh.so.12.1 if it does not already exist.

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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2014 at 08:52 UTC
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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by McA (Priest) on Feb 28, 2014 at 08:01 UTC

    Hi,

    if you put DBD::Oracle LD_LIBRARY_PATH into Google you will see you're *not* the first one and you'll find many many hints solving this.

    Best regards
    McA

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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Feb 28, 2014 at 08:34 UTC
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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by rammohan (Acolyte) on Feb 28, 2014 at 12:28 UTC
    I Resolved this error by using 
    oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
oracle-instantclient11.2-sqlplus-11.2.0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

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    these three RPM's
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Re: DBD::Oracle installation causing error
by rammohan (Acolyte) on Feb 28, 2014 at 08:10 UTC
    Where I can see this " README file for your OS!" in my OS??
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      Search in the module.

       ========================
 | JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS  |
 ------------------------
 | ???  | JUMP  | STRIKE|
 |      | AGAIN | OUT   |
 |      |       |       |
 ------------------------
 |COULD | LOSE  | YES!  |
 |  BE  | ONE   |       |
 |      | TURN  |       |
 ------------------------
 | NO!  | ACCEPT| GO    |
 |      | IT    | WILD  |
 |      |       |       |
 ------------------------
 | ONE  | THINK | MOOT! |
 | STEP | AGAIN |       |
 | BACK |       |       |
 ------------------------
 |        START         |
 ========================

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      Karl

      «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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        May I know what is that???
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