Cpan and DBD::Sybase

[dionsiseire]

Any help on installing DBD::Sybase

im connecting to CPAN

issueing the command

install DBD::Sybase

it runs through what looks like a download and extraction then i get this

cpan[1]> install DBD::Sybase
CPAN: Storable loaded ok
Going to read /home/janitor/.cpan/Metadata
  Database was generated on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:09:19 GMT
Running install for module DBD::Sybase
Running make for M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.07.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok
Checksum for /home/janitor/.cpan/sources/authors/id/M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.07.ta                                              r.gz ok
Scanning cache /home/janitor/.cpan/build for sizes
DBD-Sybase-1.07/
DBD-Sybase-1.07/dbdimp.h
DBD-Sybase-1.07/dbd-sybase.pod
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/nsql.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/xblk.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/place.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/fail.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/exec.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/autocommit.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/thread.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/xblob.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/base.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/_test.pm
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/multi_sth.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/login.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/screen.jpg
DBD-Sybase-1.07/t/main.t
DBD-Sybase-1.07/Sybase.h
DBD-Sybase-1.07/dbdimp.c
DBD-Sybase-1.07/README.freetds
DBD-Sybase-1.07/PWD.factory
DBD-Sybase-1.07/Makefile.PL
DBD-Sybase-1.07/META.yml
DBD-Sybase-1.07/dbivport.h
DBD-Sybase-1.07/README.vms
DBD-Sybase-1.07/Sybase.xs
DBD-Sybase-1.07/README
DBD-Sybase-1.07/CHANGES
DBD-Sybase-1.07/BUGS
DBD-Sybase-1.07/CONFIG
DBD-Sybase-1.07/Sybase.pm
DBD-Sybase-1.07/MANIFEST
DBD-Sybase-1.07/eg/
DBD-Sybase-1.07/eg/Show.cgi
DBD-Sybase-1.07/eg/dbschema.pl
DBD-Sybase-1.07/eg/README
DBD-Sybase-1.07/eg/check-space.pl
Removing previously used /home/janitor/.cpan/build/DBD-Sybase-1.07

  CPAN.pm: Going to build M/ME/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.07.tar.gz

Please set SYBASE in CONFIG, or set the $SYBASE environment variable at Makefile                                              .PL line 98, <IN> line 44.
Warning: No success on command[/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site]
Running make test
CPAN: YAML loaded ok
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install
Failed during this command:
  MEWP/DBD-Sybase-1.07.tar.gz                  : writemakefile NO '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status 512

[KevinR]

do a google search for:

Please set SYBASE in CONFIG, or set the $SYBASE environment variable at Makefile

and you will hopefully find what needs to be done to correct that.

[dionsiseire]

i have, i cant see one useful entry on google for it, nor google groups

[KevinR]

ask on perlmonks then. someone there is bound to know.

www.perlmonks.com