Perl DBD::Oracle

Installing Perl DBD::Oracle on linux

1. Download DBD::Oracle from the link
http://search.cpan.org/
search for DBD-Oracle in modules

2. Uncompress the downloaded file
$ gunzip DBD-Oracle-1.19.tat[1].gz

3. Untar the file
$ tar -xvf DBD-Oracle-1.19.tat[1]
$ cd DBD-Oracle-1.19

4. Login as root
$ su - root
password: *****

5. Go to DBD-Oracle-1.19 directory
$cd DBD-Oracle-1.19

6. Install the module
$ export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
$ perl MakeFile.PL
$ make
$ make test
$ make intall
$ exit [exit from the root]