Thanks for the update. Tim.
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:07:47AM -0700, Brent LaVelle wrote: > With the help of Brian Haas and Ian Harisay I got DBD::Oracle working. > The advice is to use the regular Oracle9i not the lite version. > Another great source of help was: > http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle9i.html > just getting 9i and 9i lite installed. I use fvwm2(nvidia X driver) as > a window manager which does not work with the 9i install program, works > fine with the default Gnomish(nv X driver), it could have been the X > driver too. > > With Redhat9 it is REAL important to set LD_ASSUME_KERNEL to 2.4.1. > > I didn't try this but it may be possible to install what is needed by > only downloading the first disk saving some 1.3GB of download fun. > > I installed a custom install from the client group. The packages I > installed are the Programmers section and sqlplus. I noticed that the > Pro*C when on as a result of the checking the Programmers section I > assume. > > Once Oracle was installed properly the DBD::Oracle install went as > smooth as just about every other CPAN module. > > I don't know if Oracle is bulletproof on Linux but the install process > has some problems. > > Thank-you for the help. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
