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From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler at peppler dot org>
Subject: Re: problem bringing Sybase::DBlib to work
Date: Nov 23 2001 6:12PM
Tina Messmann writes:
> Michael Peppler wrote:
>
> >Tina Messmann writes:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > sorry if this is a stupid question, i am a beginner and just subscribed
> > > to this list.
> > > I try to create a very simple script to connect to a Sybase Server.
> > > When inserting the line 'use Sybase::DBlib;' and invoking the script,
> > > the following error occurs:
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/perl: relocation error:
> > > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i586-linux/auto/Sybase/DBlib/DBlib.so:
> > > undefined symbol: dbinit
> > >
> > > I tried to use DBD::Sybase, but i get a similar error:
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/perl: relocation error:
> > > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i586-linux/auto/DBD/Sybase/Sybase.so:
> > > undefined symbol: cs_ctx_alloc
> > >
> > > The installation of both modules worked fine.
> >
> >What this means is that neither libsybdb.so, nor libcs.so are linked
> >into DBlib.so, respectively Sybase.so.
> >
> >So I have a feeling that the installation actually did not work
> >correctly.
> >
> >First, try to do this:
> >
> >ldd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/i586-linux/auto/Sybase/DBlib/DBlib.so
> >
> >This should display something like this:
> >
> >troll (8:11AM):92 > ldd /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/auto/Sybase/DBlib/DBlib.so
> > libsybdb.so => /opt/sybase-12.5/OCS/lib/libsybdb.so (0x40023000)
> > libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x400d9000)
> > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400fb000)
> > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x80000000)
> >
> >If libsybdb.so isn't listed, then your build did not work, and you
> >should try to reinstall.
> >
> >Michael
> >
>
> Hello Michael,
> Thanks for Your answer.
> You are right, libsybdb.so isn't listet. I reinstalled the modules, the
> error remains the same.
> I have installed the OpenClient Libs from Sybase.
> I tried to find the file libsybdb.so, but it doesn't exist on my system.
> Why not? Where should it be?
> Then i installed Sybase ASE 12.5, but libsybdb.so is nowhere. Where can
> i get it?
It's part of the sybase-openclient-12.5 rpm. Install that, and it
should be in /opt/sybase-12.5/ASE/lib/libsybdb.so
Unless you need to talk to MS-SQL servers you will be much better off
with the Sybase libraries.
Michael
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