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Perl Module DBI::Oracle Installation is failing

948196Jul 9 2012 — edited Jul 10 2012

Hi,

This is the first time I am trying to use Perl to talk to Oracle. So i have got the perl DBI module set up correctly. Now I want to install the DBI::Oracle module.

so When i run "Perl Makefile.PL", it gives me below error:

Trying to find an ORACLE_HOME
Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to ''

The ORACLE_HOME environment variable is not set and I couldn't guess it.
It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation directory
on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture).
See the appropriate README file for your OS for more information.
ABORTED!

I am running this perl installation on a Linux server where there is no Oracle installed then why is it looking for ORACLE_HOME ? I just need the Module to get installed so that I can use perl to talk to a remote ORACLE instance.

please pardon me as I am an amateur at this whole DBD::Oracle aspect.

Thanks.

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