Solaris

Hi all
I am new to perl-ldap. Trying to install DBD module on sun solaris which has the iplanet51 ldap already installed.

I have got the DBD-LDAP-0.03.tar file , and un packed it.
From the dir DBD-LDAP-0.03 - i tried to do
$ perl Makefile.PL and i got the bellow error
" Can't locate DBI.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris /us. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 1. "

what could be the problem. I am not sure how to proceed. please help me.

thanks
kaushi

Install the DBI module first. All DBD::* modules use DBI as the interface module.

Go to http://search.cpan.org/~timb/DBI-1.48/, download DBI, and install it first.

cbkihong

thanks. I will try install all these.

thanks again

Cbkihong
I downloaded the file DBI-1.48.tar.gz
I tried to unpack by " gzip -cd DBI-1.48.tar.gz | tar xf - " , but it gives me "tar: directory checksum error"

I am just stuck at this point. Help me. And how do i know before i install this i have all required perl modules installed on my machine.
Do i need to have any compiler ?\


thanks
kaushi

Not sure about the tar problem.

Usually you won't know what modules are depended on by another, until you actually install it. Documentation may or may not tell. Hopefully during installation it will complain for missing modules (otherwise, you can always open the .pm module files in a module and look for the "use" lines for hints on dependencies)

You will need a compiler to install modules which have some C bindings. I think DBI needs compilation. But you may need it for installing other modules anyway.

hi,
I got the problem. I was FTPing the file- DBI-1.48.tar.gz from windows to unix in ascii formate. I changed it to bin ( binary ) it is not giving me the tar error.
thanks for you help. I will now try to install it.


thanks
kaushi

Hi cbkihong,
I have a new problem now. I am sorry i am annoying.
When i tried the makefile i get the below error. It does't match with the perl version installed on my machine.
$ perl Makefile.PL
Perl 5.006 required--this is only version 5.00503, stopped at Makefile.PL line
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at Makefile.PL line 12.
$ perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris

Now how do i upgrade my perl version? or is there any other DBI module which is available for version 5.005_03


thanks alot for all of you
Kaushi