Re: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)?

You will need to install, at the very least, the Oracle client. However, I've had issues with the Oracle 9i client not installing all the needed C source files, so I generally install the whole server (no database), build DBD::Oracle, then delete the server installation.

You can grab the needed installers from Oracle's website.

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Re^2: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by nguye103 (Acolyte) on Oct 01, 2004 at 18:25 UTC
What server is it? There are a number of servers on the website.	[reply]
Re^3: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Oct 01, 2004 at 18:35 UTC
There are two ways to do this - the hard way and the easy way. First, the hard way: Go to http://www.oracle.com At the top, click on "Developers" At the bottom, click on Database (under "Product Centers") On the left, click on Downloads (in the navigation bar called "Services") Pick the right installer for your version of Linux and your hardware Download it after you affirm that you're not a terrorist Get X working on your Linux box (if you don't already have it working). Go to www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml and follow the directions there. Depending on your Oracle and Linux versions, there will be between 10 and 50 discrete steps. You will need to be familiar with the innards of Linux. Attempt to install Oracle. Curse. A lot. Remove the installation after cursing because you forgot step 34a1b. Do it over again. The easy way: find someone who's done this before (like me), pay them $100 to do it, and get on with your life. I'm serious - installing Oracle on Linux is an absolute pain in the ass. I can do it in under 4 hours and on the first try (usually) because I've done it some 10 times in the last 6 months. The only thing worse is installing Oracle on Windows Server 2003. (Possibly worse is being an Exchange administrator, but it's a toss-up.) Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]
Re^4: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by nguye103 (Acolyte) on Oct 01, 2004 at 18:54 UTC
I don't understand why one person is telling me that I need to install the Oracle database and another is telling me that I don't need to install the database, just the server. It sounds like the person telling me to install the database is saying that I need to install Oracle (and if i'm wrong, i apologize), but the problem is I need to access the database from another computer from Linux (Suse) without having ORACLE on Linux. I know that I can access the database by just installing DBD-Oracle, but I don't know what I need to get DBD-Oracle to install properly because it says that I need to set my Oracle_home environment variable when I attepmt to install it and I don't know how to go about doing this.	[reply]
Re^5: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Oct 01, 2004 at 19:29 UTC
Re^6: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by astroboy (Chaplain) on Oct 01, 2004 at 19:47 UTC
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Re^3: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by lhoward (Vicar) on Oct 01, 2004 at 18:29 UTC
The oracle C libraries are only visible as part of the "advanced" oracle install options. Which version of Oracle you need depends on what flavor of linux you are running and what version of oracle your server is. L	[reply]
Re^4: What are DBD::Oracle's dependencies (on Linux)? by Rhys (Pilgrim) on Oct 01, 2004 at 19:20 UTC
Also, see my comments further below. You don't need to install the server (which, in most cases, is the same thing as the database). But you do need to install the Oracle client and the C libraries in order to build a working DBD::Oracle. Please tell us which version of Oracle you are trying to use and what version of Linux. I have successfully built DBD::Oracle on RedHat Enterprise 3.0 AS (very similar to RHL 9.0) using the Oracle 9.2 client. YMMV. --J Update: This is weird. I meant to respond to the OP's other note below. My bad...	[reply]