in reply to DBD::Sybase - I'm having trouble installing it

What you need to do is -

Step 1 Download the DBD-Sybase-1.00.tar.gz compiled binary from crazyinsomniac's ppm store at here
Step 2 Open the archive (with Winzip), and then drop the files Sybase.pm, dbd-sybase.pod and damn.pl into {C:\Perl}\lib\DBD. You have to create this directory manually if it does not exist.
Step 3 Drop the files Sybase.lib, Sybase.exp, Sybase.dll and Sybase.bs into {C:\Perl}\lib\auto\DBD\Sybase directory. Again you have to create this directory manually (most likely it won't exist).

Where {C:\Perl} should be replaced by the appropriate ActivePerl installation directory on your machine. If you follow these three steps, you should have successfully installed the Sybase DBD.
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Re: Re: DBD::Sybase - I'm having trouble installing it
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Sep 24, 2003 at 08:07 UTC
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      You are perfectly correct in telling me to RTFM... and I honestly have. I'd expect to be flayed alive if I hadn't at least tried to search for an answer!   ;-)    I thought I had outlined my steps above sufficiently to indicate that I have made a very dedicated effort to resolve it on my own but your response makes me think I didn't do a good job of that.

      I've tried the steps in the links you provided over and over. And, unfortunately for me, I'm not able to figure out what I'm doing wrong. The links you suggested are the same ones I have been trying (plus some other's, like crazy's 5.8 ppm page). Perhaps I'm trying them in the wrong order... Maybe I don't understand the way something is written. I don't know.   :-(

      If it would make everyone feel comfortable that I've struggled long enough and hard enough, I can provide the gory details of every step I've taken, with cut-and-paste results.

      I will continue to google it to death and see if I can extrapolate advice from others and apply it to my situation. Thanks for your feedback.

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        I've tried the steps in the links you provided over and over. And, unfortunately for me, I'm not able to figure out what I'm doing wrong. The links you suggested are the same ones I have been trying (plus some other's, like crazy's 5.8 ppm page). Perhaps I'm trying them in the wrong order... Maybe I don't understand the way something is written. I don't know. :-(
        Seeing how you're having trouble following those steps (which i'm sure work, as I and others have tried them), you should definetly show us (the gory details of) what you're doing.

        It's easy to miss something when you're new (even when you're not). Learning How to RTFM (excellent tutorial btw) does not take a lot of time, but learning/understanding what you Read in The FM can a long time.

        I'd also like to point out that the F in "RTFM" is what you make of it ;) If you want the F to mean friendly or something else, it's your prerogative (i prefer Friendly, cause perl manuals just are).

        MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
        I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
        ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Re: DBD::Sybase - I'm having trouble installing it
by Lori713 (Pilgrim) on Sep 24, 2003 at 19:38 UTC
    Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but, alas, it still doesn't work. My script will come to a screeching halt when it runs into the "use DBD::Sybase;" line, saying

    Can't locate loadable object for module DBD::Sybase in @INC (@INC contains: C:\Program Files\ActiveState Komodo 2.5 C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) at K:\Lori-Kdrive\Perl\example1-hello.pl line 3

    :-(

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