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06.19.2008 at 02:19PM PDT, ID: 23500586
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Trouble installing DBD::Oracle Perl module through CPAN

Asked by ryan_bender in Oracle Database, Perl Programming Language, Oracle 10.x

Tags: CPAN, DBD::Oracle Perl Module, Installing module through CPAN and encountered errors

I'm trying to install the DBD::Oracle module for Perl.  I'm doing this through the command line on a Suse Linux box.  

First I enter: perl -MCPAN -e shell

Once the CPAN shell comes up, I enter: install DBD::Oracle

Afterwards, the installation fails.  From looking at the output I see this error repeated over and over again: DBI connect('','scott/tiger',...) failed: ORA-12162: TNS:net service name is incorrectly specified (DBD ERROR: OCIServerAttach)

I should also mention that it first looks for an Oracle client when I try to install it the first time.  I'm using the Oracle Instant Client 10.2.  Once it prompts me with the error the first time I provide a means for it to find the client.  I exit out of the CPAN shell and they enter: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/this/directory/instantclient_10_2.  Afterwards, it doesn't give me trouble with that and leads me to the problem at hand.

I've looked around for hours today and I still don't understand what the problem is.  I saved the entire output, so I can provide more information if needed.

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Zones: Oracle Database, Perl Programming Language, Oracle 10.x
Tags: CPAN, DBD::Oracle Perl Module, Installing module through CPAN and encountered errors
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