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Rhys
Also, see my comments further below.
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You don't need to install the server (which, in most cases, is the same thing as the database). But you <i>do</i> need to install the Oracle <i>client</i> and the C libraries in order to build a working DBD::Oracle.
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Please tell us which version of Oracle you are trying to use and what version of Linux. I have successfully built DBD::Oracle on RedHat Enterprise 3.0 AS (very similar to RHL 9.0) using the Oracle 9.2 client.
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YMMV.
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--J
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<b>Update:</b> This is weird. I meant to respond to the OP's [id:/394686|other note] below. My bad...
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