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dustbuster has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I was wondering if there was an RPM for DBD:Pg.
I heard that installing RPMs was easier than using
tar.gz files. I've tried using tar.gz files with this
before but got a lot of headaches trying to install.
Does anyone know if there is a RPM version. 1.01? I know
that DBD-Pg-1.01.tar.gz exists.

Thanx
D.

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Re: DBD:PG
by Hanamaki (Chaplain) on Nov 09, 2001 at 00:54 UTC
    Usually tar.gz (Tarball source-code distributions) are quit easy to install.
    gunzip distribution.tar.gz tar -xvf distribution.tar cd distribution perl Makefile.PL make make test su make install exit

    Thats it!
    I don't think RPMs are the way to go but you will find them e.g with a google search for DBD::Pg rpm.

    Hanamaki
      DBD::Pg would be rather difficult to install via RPM. The module actually requires the variables POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGRES_LIB to be set (use 'export' for sh and 'setenv' for csh). You need to have the postgres libraries installed. Furthermore, each platform would require a separate rpm based on the hardware architecture. You might try looking on rpmfind.net for a PostgreSQL rpm, and then building DBD::Pg yourself.

      Yes, it's a little trouble, but I think you'll find that postgres is an awesome database and it's totally worth it.

      brother dep.

      --
      Laziness, Impatience, Hubris, and Generosity.

Re: DBD:PG
by ralphie (Friar) on Nov 09, 2001 at 01:31 UTC
    you can probably get the gzipped source to install if you set the POSTGRES_INCLUDE and POSTGRES_LIB environment variables before starting the installation. the newest postgresql installs these in /usr/local/pgsql/include and /usr/local/pgsql/lib. to simplify matters, just invoke csh, type
    setenv POSTGRES_INCLUDE='/usr/local/pgsql/include' and
    setenv POSTGRES_LIB='/usr/local/pgsql/lib'
    then go through the build process (perl Makefile.PL etc.)

    if it helps any, i've cussed at this a bit myself.

      Ralphie, this is a kind of follow-up discussion to PostgreSQL/Perl where some of us tried to help fellow monk dustbuster, but at the moment I do not have any clue what went wrong.
      Maybe you or other monks have some idea to help dustbuster if you review the mentioned node.

      Hanamaki
Re: DBD:PG
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2001 at 05:22 UTC
    I was having problems intalling the DBD:Pg.
    Then I somehow manged to corrupt X Windows
    Ended up having to reinstall Red Hat and here we
    are again.

    This time I'll set the variables first, before installing
    the DBD.

    I also have a bug with Red Hat 7
    I can't log on using GNOME to the postgres user
    yet I can do it through the command line. Any ideas?

    D.