Re: Postgresql Access with Perl and DBD::PG

It sounds like you dont have write permission where ever it wants to create
Makemaker.tmp.
In the directory you're building in, and as root, try:

chown -R me.mygroup *

That will make you the owner of all files in that dir and the ones below it
(-R), and also set
the group to mygroup. Untested, but it's worked for me on other things.

Regards,
  J J

C. R wrote:

> I currently have postgresql  6.3.2-6 on RedHat Linux 5.1 and have
> successfully (I think) installed DBI 1.06. I have tried to install DBD-Pg
> 0.73 (the last version that works with postgresql 6.3) so that I will be
> able to use Perl to access a postgresql database but I am having problems.
> The DBD-Pg readme states that I should do the install as a normal user who
> has db and user create access in  postgresql.  I have tried this but I get a
> error saying that I am unable to open the file "Makemaker.tmp".  This
> happens when I try to create the make file using the makefile.pl file
> provided.  Could someone please tell me where this file or directory is
> located so that i can adjust the access privileges or explain to me how this
> "Makemaker" works? I carried out a similar procedure with DBI and everything
> worked fine except that I did it as root.  DBD-Pg specifically says not to
> do the install as root.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated and please email me in addition to
> posting to the group.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Carl
> carl.roth@home.com