Re: DBI and DBD Installation on Different Unix (Solaris, AIX, HP and Linux)

  On 08/06/10 1:37 AM, Robert Roggenbuck wrote:
> There is a standard method, wich requires just a working Perl 
> environment and Internet access:
>
> $ perl -MCPAN -e "install 'DBI'"


on many platforms, you need to install optional C compilers and 
associated libraries to build modules that have C components.

and, on package managed platforms such as RPM packaged Linux, building 
modules this way can sometimes lead to confusion with the packaging 
system... on these platforms its considered a good idea to build RPMs 
from the modules  you compile (via CPAN2RPM or other similar tools), 
which can then be deployed on multiple systems.