Hi,
I am trying to compile DBD::Oracle that will work with Oracle 10g on
FreeBSD 6.3
Here is what I have done so far:
1. Installed the 3 Oracle Instant Client ports:
- linux-oracle-instantclient-basic
- linux-oracle-instantclient-sdk
- linux-oracle-instantclient-sqlplus
These install as follows:
_The "basic files install in:_
/usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/Oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib
_The sqlplus installes in _:
/usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/Oracle/10.2.0.3/client/bin
_The sdk split between:_
/usr/compat/linux/usr/include/Oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib (the include
directory)
and:
/usr/compat/linux/usr/share/Oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib (the demo directory)
2. Downloaded latest DBD::Oracle (1.25)
3. Set Environment variables as follows:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib
setenv ORACLE_HOME /usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.3/client
4. Ran perl Makefile.PL for DBD:Oracle and recieved the follwoing error:
/"Unable to locate an oracle.mk, proc.mk or other suitable *.mk"/
5. changed the ORACLE_HOME variable to: setenv ORACLE_HOME
/usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib and ran "perl
Makefile.PL" again and now received the following message:
/"I can't find the header files I need in your Oracle installation.
You probably need to install some more Oracle components.
For Instant Client that means the SDK package...."/
6. Copied the "sdk" files directly from the ports "work" directory
leaving them in the original structure and placing them under the
/usr/compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.3/client/lib directory and ran
perl Makefile.PL again. Now it built the Makefile succesfully with a few
warnings:
/WARNING: If you have problems you may need to rebuild perl with
threading enabled.
WARNING: If you have problems you may need to rebuild perl with
-Uusemymalloc.
WARNING: META_MERGE is not a known parameter.
'META_MERGE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name./
7. Ran 'make' and it compiled smoothly.
8. Ran 'make test' and got the following error:
/Failed to load Oracle extension and/or shared libraries:
install_driver(Oracle) failed: Can't load
'/home/packages/Oracle/DBD-Oracle-1.25/blib/arch/auto/DBD/Oracle/Oracle.so'
for module DBD::Oracle: Shared object "libdl.so.2" not found, required
by "libclntsh.so.10.1" at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach/DynaLoader.pm
line 230.
at (eval 9) line 3
Compilation failed in require at (eval 9) line 3.
Perhaps a required shared library or dll isn't installed where expected
at t/01base.t line 19
The remaining tests will probably also fail with the same error./
The libdl.so.2 file is located in "/usr/compat/linux/lib" and the
compiled DBD::Oracle module does 'know' not see that directory.
How can I move on from here to link the necessary shared libraries
during runtime ? (Tried doing this with symlinks, but kept getting
errors and eventually reached a dead end where symlinking did not help
anymore. I assume there must be a different way to do it)
Thanks, Eric
