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

Thanks for some quick insights. 
Well I had tried this option earlier and now also. Here is what I get. (I have 
attached only error or warnings block)
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Warning: prerequisite ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.48 not found. We have 6.30.
Warning: prerequisite Test::Simple 0.90 not found. We have 0.62.
DBD::File              0.39 using IO::File (1.13)
    DBI::DBD::SqlEngine  0.01 using DBI::SQL::Nano 1.014245
DBI                      1.613
DBI::PurePerl            2.014120
OS                       aix (5.3.0.0)
Perl                     5.008008 (aix-thread-multi-64all)" (perhaps you forgot 
to load "DBD::DBM                 0.05 using SDBM_File (1.05)
  DBD::File              0.39 using IO::File (1.13)
    DBI::DBD::SqlEngine  0.01 using DBI::SQL::Nano 1.014245
DBI                      1.613
DBI::PurePerl            2.014120
OS                       aix (5.3.0.0)
Perl                     5.008008 (aix-thread-multi-64all)"?) at 
./t/50dbm_simple.t line 203.
# No tests run!
30 tests and 249 subtests skipped.
Failed 44/166 test scripts, 73.49% okay. 214/5109 subtests failed, 95.81% okay.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 255.
Stop.
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
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From: John R Pierce <[email protected]>
To: DBI Users <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, 6 August, 2010 2:16:36 PM
Subject: 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.