August 2002
Intermediate to advanced
620 pages
19h 57m
English
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Chapter 2. Installing Perl
Now that you’ve learned how Perl can ease the burden of Oracle database administration, you’re probably eager to get started. This chapter explains how to install Perl for use with Oracle. We’ll cover the following steps:
- Installing Perl
If you’re installing Perl on Unix, we recommend that you install directly from source. If you’re installing Perl on Win32, we recommend that you use the pre-built ActivePerl distribution, available from ActiveState; ActivePerl has become the de facto standard Perl version for the Win32 platform.
- Installing Perl DBI
Once you’ve installed Perl itself, you need database connectivity for it. We’ll describe how to install Perl’s generic DBI module, as well as DBD::Oracle, the Oracle-specific driver for Perl DBI.
- Installing Cygwin
Cygwin is a complete Unix-like development environment that you can install on your Win32 machine. It allows you to combine the benefits of access to Unix compilers, interpreters, and other tools (e.g., Perl, gcc) with the convenience of traditional Win32 software (e.g,. Microsoft Word, Excel). We’ll explain how to install Cygwin and get the various Perl modules running on it.
Installing Perl
We described Perl’s origins and advantages in Chapter 1. In this section, we’ll describe the basics of the installation process for Perl. To obtain Perl and to get more detailed information about this process, check out these web sites:
- http://www.perl.com http://www.perl.org
Main Perl portals.
- http://www.activestate.com ...
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