Hello Googlers-

I'm having a heck of a time installing the DBD::Sybase module into a
non-standard directory.  The particular version (0.94) of the module
that I'm attempting to install can be found here:

http://search.cpan.org/author/MEWP/DBD-Sybase-0.94/

I do not have root access on the box where I need to install this
library, so I'm setting the LIB and PREFIX parameters when I run
Makefile.PL. But Makefile.PL barfs on the path I give it (I assure you
that these directories exist!):

/usr/home/myhome/tmp/DBD-Sybase-0.94> perl Makefile.PL
LIB=/usr/home/myhome/usr/local/lib/site_perl
PREFIX=/usr/home/myhome/usr/local/lib/site_perl
Sybase OpenClient  found.
The DBD::Sybase module need access to a Sybase server to run the
tests.
To clear an entry please enter 'undef'
Sybase server to use (default: undef): Can't open
LIB=/usr/home/myhome/usr/local/lib/site_perl: No such file or
directory at Makefile.PL line 227.
Can't open PREFIX=/usr/home/myhome/usr/local/lib/site_perl: No such
file or directory at Makefile.PL line 227.

If I just ignore this and go on, make install craps out because it
attempts to write to the standard Perl library directories.

I installed this on another box where I *do* have root access and it
works just fine. This is the first time I've had this kind of trouble
installing a Perl module. Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing
wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Richard

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Clarification of Question by richwolfe-ga on 27 Sep 2002 15:00 PDT

Nevermind...I figured it out. There is a problem with Makefile.pl for
DBD-Sybase-0.94.  The patched version, DBD-Sybase-0.94_02 is available
for download at:

http://www.peppler.org/download/

Thanks to Michael Peppler, author/keeper of DBD::Sybase for the info.