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I have installed DBI module successfully, but while installing DBD::Oracle module i'm getting below error:

Multiple copies of Driver.xst found in: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/ at Makefile.PL line 39. Using DBI 1.633 (for perl 5.008008 on i386-linux-thread-multi) installed in /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBI/

Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.008008 on linux (i386-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 appropriate README file for your OS for more information.
  ABORTED!

In google i found above module require (already found this link) oracle-instantclient11.2-basic-11.2.0.3.0-1 oracle-instantclient11.2-devel-11.2.0.3.0-1 oracle-instantclient11.2-sqlplus-11.2.0.3.0-1

But my question is, to connect remote database do i need to install oracle-instantclient?

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venkataramana
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Yes, you need either the Oracle Instant Client or the full Oracle client. The Instant Client is much simpler to install. Once it is installed, you then set ORACLE_HOME to the directory of the instant client before starting the CPAN process to build DBD::Oracle

Beware that the DBD::Oracle tests will most likely fail, unless you have an Oracle server accessible with a suitable test schema for which you have appropriate credentials. Again, you will need to set various environment variables so that the DBD::Oracle test framework knows where that schema is. See the README file for DBD::Oracle for more details, but typically this involves setting the TWO_TASK and ORACLE_USERID variables.

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