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

I install an DBD::Oracle module, but i have a litle proplen when i try connect to oracle the aplication show this error: Segmentation fault now, i want remove the DBD::Oracle module and reinstall. I install the DBD::Oracle with CPAN and my OS is gentoo linux, Best regards, LM

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Re: Remove perl module
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Nov 28, 2002 at 15:44 UTC
    Just issue a 'force install DBD::Oracle' from the CPAN shell and CPAN should re-install the module.

    I wouldn't count on the segfault disappearing though.

    Abigail

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Re: Remove perl module
by EvdB (Deacon) on Nov 28, 2002 at 18:28 UTC
    You could do this manually by running

    locate DBD/Oracle

    in a terminal. This will show you where all the files are and you can then dig in and grab them by hand. NOTE: the other methods suggested above are probably much better but in the interests of completeness I thought it should be mentioned.

    Should something be deleted elsewhere (some config file or similar) if this approach is taken?

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Re: Remove perl module
by hotshot (Prior) on Nov 28, 2002 at 15:46 UTC
    What about rpm -e DBD-Oracle

    I think you can also use the clean option in the cpan shell.
    These two should uninstall the module, you can afterwards do what ever you wish.

    Hotshot
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      What is a CPAN shell?
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        It's a perl program to interact with CPAN allowing to manage modules (installing, updating, querying, etc.). It can be invoked from the command line with perl -MCPAN -eshell. The built-in help should be sufficient to get you started.

        Hope this helps, -gjb-

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