me@machine DBD-Oracle-1.17 $ perl Makefile.PL Using DBI 1.48 (for perl 5.008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/ +5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.008 on linux (i386-linux-thread-multi) Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you have any problems. Using Oracle in /usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1/client/lib Can't find sqlplus. Pity, it would have helped. I'm having trouble finding your Oracle version number... trying harder Oracle version 10.2.0 (10.2) Looks like an Instant Client installation, okay Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to '' WARNING: Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var doesn't include '/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1/client/lib' but pro +bably needs to. Oracle sysliblist: invalid top directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/File/Find.pm line 562.