DBI Installation Problems

I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am using
active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble with
the DBI install.

I first get errors at, #make test
I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
biggest problem,
Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for
module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64 at
/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dyna Loader.pm line
230.

No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?

Thanks,

- Jon

Re: DBI Installation Problems

It's important to compile DBI with the same compiler that perl was
compiled with. Active State's perl IIRC is a precompiled binary that
may well have been compiled with another compiler. You can fin d out
by examining the output of perl -V.

If it turns out that you don't have the same compiler available, then
I suggest re-compiling perl from source. It'll take a bit of time
now, but will save you tons as you compile other CPAN modules as well.

On 8/18/06, Jon Daily wrote:
> I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am using
> active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
> compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
> Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble with
> the DBI install.
>
> I first get errors at, #make test
> I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
> biggest problem,
> Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for
> module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
> /opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
> ELFCLASS64 at
> /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dyna Loader.pm line
> 230.
>
> No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jon
>
>
>


--
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security.
Benjamin Franklin

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------

Re: DBI Installation Problems

I had this same problem on Solaris 10 (both sparc & x86) and 64 bit
Instant Client last week. I fixed it by using the 32 client instead.

Didnt look into it too closely but I think it may be due to perl (both
ActiveState and the Sun provided one in /usr/perl5) are 32 bit so they
will always work no matter how the server is booted, instead of having
to provide two versions (one for when the server is booted 64 bit), and
they need to match the oracle version when linking.

Duncs

PS. If you ever try the Sun provided one, dont forget to use
$ perlgcc Makefile.PL
as perl is compiled with the Sun compiler and needs to perform some
conversions when you use gcc for the modules.

On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 16:57 -0400, Jon Daily wrote:
> I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am using
> active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
> compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
> Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble with
> the DBI install.
>
> I first get errors at, #make test
> I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
> biggest problem,
> Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for
> module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
> /opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
> ELFCLASS64 at
> /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dyna Loader.pm line
> 230.
>
> No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jon
>





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Re: DBI Installation Problems

Hi Jeff,

Unfortunately I am using gcc 3.4.4 now, and that is the same version that
Active Perl was installed with.

I tried running #make install despite all of the errors that #make test gave
me, and when I try to use the DBI module I get this error,

Can't load
'/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread -multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so'
for module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread- multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so:
wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 at
/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dyna Loader.pm line
230.
at /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread- multi/DBI.pm
line 259

Do you have any other suggestions? I really appreciate the help,

Thanks,

- Jon



>From: "Jeffrey Seger"
>To: "Jon Daily"
>CC: dbi-users@perl.org
>Subject: Re: DBI Installation Problems
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:10:31 -0400
>
>It's important to compile DBI with the same compiler that perl was
>compiled with. Active State's perl IIRC is a precompiled binary that
>may well have been compiled with another compiler. You can fin d out
>by examining the output of perl -V.
>
>If it turns out that you don't have the same compiler available, then
>I suggest re-compiling perl from source. It'll take a bit of time
>now, but will save you tons as you compile other CPAN modules as well.
>
>On 8/18/06, Jon Daily wrote:
>>I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am using
>>active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
>>compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
>>Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble with
>>the DBI install.
>>
>>I first get errors at, #make test
>>I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
>>biggest problem,
>>Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for
>>module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
>>/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
>>ELFCLASS64 at
>>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dy naLoader.pm line
>>230.
>>
>>No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>- Jon
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
>The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
>neutrality in times of moral crisis.
> Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
>
>They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
>deserve neither liberty or security.
>Benjamin Franklin
>
>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
>Martin Luther King
>
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
>and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
>violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
>supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
>place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
>
>Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
>----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------

Re: DBI Installation Problems

This line:

wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 at

suggests a 32 bit versus 64 bit problem to me. I've only done one 64
bit perl and DBI install and that was on Linux, not Solaris. Perhaps
someone more familiar can jump in. However, if it were my machine,
I'd recompile perl from source, and make it 64 bit. That is what I
did on my 64 bit Linux box.

On 8/21/06, Jon Daily wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Unfortunately I am using gcc 3.4.4 now, and that is the same version that
> Active Perl was installed with.
>
> I tried running #make install despite all of the errors that #make test gave
> me, and when I try to use the DBI module I get this error,
>
> Can't load
> '/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread -multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so'
> for module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
> /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread- multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so:
> wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 at
> /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dyna Loader.pm line
> 230.
> at /opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread- multi/DBI.pm
> line 259
>
> Do you have any other suggestions? I really appreciate the help,
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jon
>
>
>
> >From: "Jeffrey Seger"
> >To: "Jon Daily"
> >CC: dbi-users@perl.org
> >Subject: Re: DBI Installation Problems
> >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:10:31 -0400
> >
> >It's important to compile DBI with the same compiler that perl was
> >compiled with. Active State's perl IIRC is a precompiled binary that
> >may well have been compiled with another compiler. You can fin d out
> >by examining the output of perl -V.
> >
> >If it turns out that you don't have the same compiler available, then
> >I suggest re-compiling perl from source. It'll take a bit of time
> >now, but will save you tons as you compile other CPAN modules as well.
> >
> >On 8/18/06, Jon Daily wrote:
> >>I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am using
> >>active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
> >>compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
> >>Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble with
> >>the DBI install.
> >>
> >>I first get errors at, #make test
> >>I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
> >>biggest problem,
> >>Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so' for
> >>module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
> >>/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
> >>ELFCLASS64 at
> >>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dy naLoader.pm line
> >>230.
> >>
> >>No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>- Jon
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >--
> >----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
> >The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
> >neutrality in times of moral crisis.
> > Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
> >
> >They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
> >deserve neither liberty or security.
> >Benjamin Franklin
> >
> >Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
> >Martin Luther King
> >
> >The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
> >and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
> >violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
> >supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
> >place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
> >
> >Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
> >----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
>
>
>


--
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
neutrality in times of moral crisis.
Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)

They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security.
Benjamin Franklin

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------

Re: DBI Installation Problems

In case if anyone else has this ELFCLASS problem in the future when building
DBI & DBD::Oracle on Solaris 10 using a 32-bit Perl installation, here is
what worked for me.

I used gcc version 3.2.2, and Active State's Perl version 5.8.8 as a 32-bit
app.

I suggest that you first redo the header files, as sunfreeware suggests,

#cd /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.10/3.3.2/install-t ools/
#./mkheaders

Next you can install DBI as it is normally setup...
#perl Makefile.PL
#make
#make test
#make install

This configuration worked without a hitch for me. However, when using
different versions of gcc, it proved impossible.

I needed to install DBD::Oracle as well, and found a problem when I tried to
make it about the wrong ELFCLASS. Make sure that your LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable points to the 32-bit oracle library as oppose to the
standard one which seems to be 64-bit. My LD_LIBRARY_PATH looks like,
/opt/oracle/app/product/dev/10.2.0:/opt/oracle/app/product/d ev/10.2.0/lib32

And then build it as usual,
#perl Makefile.PL
#make
#make install

Hope this helps someone,

- Jon






>From: "Jeffrey Seger"
>To: "Jon Daily"
>CC: dbi-users@perl.org
>Subject: Re: DBI Installation Problems
>Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:38:47 -0400
>
>This line:
>
>wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 at
>
>suggests a 32 bit versus 64 bit problem to me. I've only done one 64
>bit perl and DBI install and that was on Linux, not Solaris. Perhaps
>someone more familiar can jump in. However, if it were my machine,
>I'd recompile perl from source, and make it 64 bit. That is what I
>did on my 64 bit Linux box.
>
>On 8/21/06, Jon Daily wrote:
>>Hi Jeff,
>>
>>Unfortunately I am using gcc 3.4.4 now, and that is the same version that
>>Active Perl was installed with.
>>
>>I tried running #make install despite all of the errors that #make test
>>gave
>>me, and when I try to use the DBI module I get this error,
>>
>>Can't load
>>'/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thre ad-multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so'
>>for module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
>>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-threa d-multi/auto/DBI/DBI.so:
>>wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 at
>>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dy naLoader.pm line
>>230.
>>at
>>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-threa d-multi/DBI.pm
>>line 259
>>
>>Do you have any other suggestions? I really appreciate the help,
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>- Jon
>>
>>
>>
>> >From: "Jeffrey Seger"
>> >To: "Jon Daily"
>> >CC: dbi-users@perl.org
>> >Subject: Re: DBI Installation Problems
>> >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:10:31 -0400
>> >
>> >It's important to compile DBI with the same compiler that perl was
>> >compiled with. Active State's perl IIRC is a precompiled binary that
>> >may well have been compiled with another compiler. You can fin d out
>> >by examining the output of perl -V.
>> >
>> >If it turns out that you don't have the same compiler available, then
>> >I suggest re-compiling perl from source. It'll take a bit of time
>> >now, but will save you tons as you compile other CPAN modules as well.
>> >
>> >On 8/18/06, Jon Daily wrote:
>> >>I am trying to install the DBI module on a Solaris 10 machine. I am
>>using
>> >>active perl 5.8.8. I think I am having issues with the bit size
>> >>compatibility. The Solaris installation is 64-bit, but perl is 32-bit.
>> >>Perl is working fine however, so i'm not sure why i am having trouble
>>with
>> >>the DBI install.
>> >>
>> >>I first get errors at, #make test
>> >>I get lots of errors, but this is the typical one, and seems like the
>> >>biggest problem,
>> >>Error: Can't load '/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so'
>>for
>> >>module DBI: ld.so.1: perl-static: fatal:
>> >>/opt/software/DBI-1.51/blib/arch/auto/DBI/DBI.so: wrong ELF class:
>> >>ELFCLASS64 at
>> >>/opt/ActivePerl-5.8/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/Dy naLoader.pm
>>line
>> >>230.
>> >>
>> >>No idea what I can do to fix this...do i need a 64-bit version of Perl?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks,
>> >>
>> >>- Jon
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
>> >The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
>> >neutrality in times of moral crisis.
>> > Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
>> >
>> >They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
>> >deserve neither liberty or security.
>> >Benjamin Franklin
>> >
>> >Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
>>matter.
>> >Martin Luther King
>> >
>> >The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
>> >and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
>> >violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
>> >supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
>> >place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
>> >
>> >Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
>> >----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------
>The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
>neutrality in times of moral crisis.
> Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
>
>They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
>deserve neither liberty or security.
>Benjamin Franklin
>
>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
>Martin Luther King
>
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
>and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
>violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
>supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
>place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
>
>Amendment IV to the Constitution of the United States
>----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------