Perl DBD::Oracle Module installation

Question

Could someone guide me how to install the Perl DBD::Oracle module?

Here is what I have done so far:

• Platform: RHEL 5.8 64 bit
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Answer 1

Here's what I did on CentOS 7.2 using yum packages and CPAN. This assumes you're using Oracle version 12.1 but I would imagine most versions will work this way.

Install Oracle Instant Client

yum install oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-12.1.0.2.0-1 oracle-instantclient12.1-devel-12.1.0.2.0-1 oracle-instantclient12.1-sqlplus-12.1.0.2.0-1

Copy demo make files

The install expects the *.mk file to be in /usr/share/oracle/12.1/client64 but the yum package install puts them in /usr/share/oracle/12.1/client64/demo.

sudo cp /usr/share/oracle/12.1/client64/demo/* /usr/share/oracle/12.1/client64

Modify .bashrc

Add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc

export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:$PATH

Now source the file

source ~/.bashrc

Update CPAN and DBI

Update CPAN and DBI to the latest

cpan> install CPAN
cpan> reload cpan
cpan> install DBI

Install DBD::Oracle

cpan> install DBD::Oracle