Re: Help needed with DBI and DBD::Pg

This is the exact situation that I've recently encountered. Is there anyone who
could post an answer?

Thanks,

Justin

Sam Juvonen wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> I am a new Linux user, Red Hat 6.1 trying to get up and running with
> Postgresql
> from the default Linux install. I'm trying to get the DBI interface so I
> can access
> this database with Perl.
>
> I've successfully installed the DBI module via make, make test, make
> install. Also, psql runs fine; I've created and populated a table or two.
>
> I have a rather basic question when it comes to installing the DBD::Pg
> module. The 'perl Makefile.PL' procedure requires that I set environment
> variables for POSTGRES_LIB and POSTGRES_INCLUDE. I can't get this
> accomplished correctly, so I can't complete the makefile.
>
> Since Postgresql installed automatically, the directory isn't what the
> documentation references, namely /usr/local/pgsql. I'm finding things are
> in /var/lib/pgsql, /usr/lib/pgsql and /usr/include/pgsql. I don't know if
> these directories contain what is necessary for the DBD::Pg makefile...
>
> So, since I'm using bash, logged in as the 'postgres' user. I've tried
> setting the environment variables like this:
> POSTGRES_INCLUDE=/usr/include/pgsql
> export POSTGRES_INCLUDE
> POSTGRES_LIB=/usr/lib/pgsql
> export POSTGRES_INCLUDE
>
> Running 'perl Makefile.PL' simply tells me to set the environment variables,
> so these values aren't being seen.
>
> Can someone tell me how I can complete this installation of DBD::Pg?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sam Juvonen
> sjuvonen(at)bignet(dot)net