Here are some useful lines from DBD installation Looks good LD_RUN_PATH=/oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib32:/oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib32 Using DBD::Oracle 1.19. Using DBD::Oracle 1.19. Multiple copies of Driver.xst found in: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris/auto/DBI/ /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i86pc-solaris/auto/DBI/ at Makefile.PL line 1635 Using DBI 1.53 (for perl 5.008008 on i86pc-solaris) installed in /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i86pc-solaris/auto/DBI/ Writing Makefile for DBD::Oracle