ashish.gupta has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am not able to install DBD::Sybase module using cpan on windows as well as Ubuntu. I am getting below error when I am try to install DBD::Sybase perl module.
Error : "cpan> install DBD::Sybase Running install for module 'DBD::Sybase' Running make for M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.15.tar.gz Fetching with LWP: http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.15.ta +r.gz Fetching with LWP: http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/id/M/ME/MEWP/CHECKSUMS Checksum for D:\wamp\bin\cpan\sources\authors\id\M\ME\MEWP\DBD-Sybase- +1.15.tar.gz ok CPAN.pm: Building M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.15.tar.gz Please set SYBASE in CONFIG, or set the $SYBASE environment variable a +t Makefile .PL line 120, <IN> line 44. Warning: No success on command[D:\wamp\bin\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile. +PL] MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.15.tar.gz D:\wamp\bin\perl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL -- NOT OK Running make test Make had some problems, won't test Running make install Make had some problems, won't install Stopping: 'install' failed for 'DBD::Sybase'. Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determi +ne prerequ isites Failed during this command: MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.15.tar.gz : writemakefile NO 'D:\w +amp\bin\pe rl\bin\perl.exe Makefile.PL' returned status 512"
Thanks In advanced. Please guide me what can i do for resolve this error. Thanks, Ashish
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Re: I am not able to install DBD::Sybase module using cpan on windows as well as Ubuntu
by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 25, 2014 at 12:53 UTC

    Did you read the error message?

    Please set SYBASE in CONFIG, or set the $SYBASE environment variable a +t

    So, did you do that?