Last time is did it Dan, was a year or two ago and I has the same sort of problem, no xlc, so I just used the recipe here
http://search.cpan.org/~pythian/DBD-Oracle-1.47_00/lib/DBD/Oracle/Troubleshooting/Aix.pod#Using_gcc_C_Compiler should work for you. Though you might have to install the 'C' compiler and get it working like I did. Cheers John ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:43:07 +0100 > From: martin.ev...@easysoft.com > To: donrwalt...@gmail.com > CC: dbi-users@perl.org > Subject: Re: Problems installing DBI on AIX5 > > On 03/08/12 16:34, Don Walters wrote: > >> I don't have an AIX box turned on right now but xlc must support -c (it > >> means compile but do not link). What does perl -V output? Do you really > >> have > >> a full AIX compiler installed or is this one of those silly mini compilers. > > > > > > > > srvdfj239 / # perl -V > > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: > > Platform: > > osname=aix, osvers=5.3.0.0, archname=aix-thread-multi-64all > > uname='aix akash79 3 5 00011a85d600 ' > > config_args='-desr -Dinstallprefix=/usr/opt/perl5 > > -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5 -Dcc=xlc_r -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads' > > hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define > > usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define > > usemultiplicity=define > > useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef > > use64bitint=define use64bitall=define uselongdouble=undef > > usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef > > Compiler: > > cc='cc_r', ccflags ='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE > > -D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN > > -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT -q64 -DUSE_64_BIT_ALL -q64', > > optimize='-O', > > cppflags='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE > > -qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT' > > ccversion='9.0.0.2', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' > > intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=87654321 > > d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8 > > ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', > > lseeksize=8 > > alignbytes=8, prototype=define > > Linker and Libraries: > > ld='ld', ldflags ='-brtl -bdynamic -b64' > > libpth=/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib > > libs=-lbind -lnsl -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt > > -lpthreads -lc -lbsd > > perllibs=-lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd > > libc=, so=a, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a > > gnulibc_version='' > > Dynamic Linking: > > dlsrc=dl_aix.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' > > -bE:/usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all/CORE/perl.exp' > > cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-b64 -bhalt:4 -bexpall -G -bnoentry > > -lpthreads -lc' > > > > > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > > Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT > > PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT > > USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO > > USE_REENTRANT_API > > Built under aix > > Compiled at Jun 3 2009 12:34:41 > > %ENV: > > PERL5LIB="/usr/local/libperl" > > @INC: > > /usr/local/libperl > > /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all > > /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/5.8.8 > > /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi-64all > > /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl/5.8.8 > > /usr/opt/perl5/lib64/site_perl > > . > > > > I tried to find xlC and here's the result: > > > > > > srvdfj239 / # find . -name *xlc* > > > > Nothing was found from the above. > > > > > > srvdfj239 / # find . -name *xlC* > > ./etc/xlC.cfg_dce > > ./usr/lpp/xlC > > ./usr/lpp/xlC/exe/default_msg/xlCfe.cat > > ./usr/lpp/xlC/exe/xlCcpp > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50 > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.al > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.inventory > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.aix50/deinstl/xlC.aix50.rte.unpost_i > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp/deinstl/xlC.cpp.al > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.cpp/deinstl/xlC.cpp.inventory > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US/deinstl/xlC.msg.en_US.rte.al > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.msg.en_US/deinstl/xlC.msg.en_US.rte.inventory > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.rte > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.rte/deinstl/xlC.rte.al > > ./usr/lpp/xlC.rte/deinstl/xlC.rte.inventory > > srvdfj239 / # > > > > Compilers is not really my thing. Currently I'm using > > /usr/ccs/lib/cpp. Is that not the same thing? > > > > no, I don't think so. I presume you did not build this Perl yourself, but > downloaded from some IBM site as a binary. You need a "proper" C compiler to > compile XS modules (which DBI is). That is the xlc package from IBM and it > costs money usually (but I could be out of date on that). If you cannot spend > money or cannot get xlc you can always build your own Perl with perlbrew and > install gcc for the compiler but you cannot mix gcc compiled stuff with xlc > compiled stuff (which your current Perl is). > > Martin > -- > Martin J. Evans > Easysoft Limited > http://www.easysoft.com
