Since you're getting "Bad command or file name", I assume you're on Windows. If you are using ActivePerl then you do not need to compile DBI yourself. You can download and install a precompiled package. Download the following two files (since you dont have Internet access on that PC, you may need to transfer the files using floppies or whatever) http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/DBI.ppd and http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/DBI.tar.gz

Open the DBI.ppd file and edit the CODEBASE tag to point to the DBI.tar.gz file; e.g., <CODEBASE HREF="c:/temp/pkg/x86/DBI.tar.gz" />

Then, type : ppm install DBI.ppd

--perlplexer