Using DBI 1.48 (for perl 5.006001 on i686-linux-thread-multi) installed in /home/cpanrun/build/5.6.1/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/i686-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.006001 on linux (i686-linux-thread-multi) Remember to actually *READ* the README file! Especially if you have any problems. Trying to find an ORACLE_HOME Your LD_LIBRARY_PATH env var is set to '' The ORACLE_HOME environment variable is not set and I couldn't guess it. It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation directory on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture). See the README.clients.txt file for more information. ABORTED!