I'm having trouble getting the BerkeleyDB perl plug-in (0.27) to work in a specific case.
Here is my configuration: Fedora Core 4 on an HP OmniBook XE3 laptop.

The Berkeley database (v4.4.16) is sucessfully installed and accessible via C++ programs that we've tried. BerkeleyDB builds and installs without incident up to the point of doing the 'make test' operation.
Here's the first screenful of output from the process (much more than that is generated):

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[root@localhost BerkeleyDB-0.27]# make test
PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t
t/btree........Can't load '/root/berkeley/BerkeleyDB-0.27/blib/arch/auto/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.so' for module BerkeleyDB: libdb-4.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at t/btree.t line 6
Compilation failed in require at t/btree.t line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/btree.t line 6.
Undefined subroutine &BerkeleyDB::Term::close_everything called at /root/berkeley/BerkeleyDB-0.27/blib/lib/BerkeleyDB.pm line 1675.
END failed--call queue aborted at t/btree.t line 6.
t/btree........dubious
Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
t/cds..........Can't load '/root/berkeley/BerkeleyDB-0.27/blib/arch/auto/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.so' for module BerkeleyDB: libdb-4.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at t/cds.t line 8
Compilation failed in require at t/cds.t line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/cds.t line 8.
Undefined subroutine &BerkeleyDB::Term::close_everything called at /root/berkeley/BerkeleyDB-0.27/blib/lib/BerkeleyDB.pm line 1675.
END failed--call queue aborted at t/cds.t line 8.
t/cds..........dubious
Test returned status 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00)
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We have two such laptops configured nearly identically and we have the same error symptoms on both. On another computer, a Dell Precision 360, I have SUSE 9.something installed and have been sucessful with building and using BerkeleyDB perl plug-in (0.27) with the Berkeley database (v4.4.16)

I don't see this problem described in the troubleshooting section of the documentation associated with the plug-in. There is a slight mention of problems with this plug-in when used with Redhat... and it points to a bugtracker report on redhat.com, but I can't tell if that applies to my situation or not. Googling "fedora perl BerkeleyDB cannot open shared object" hasn't found me the answer yet.

Help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

-bC

This is the fundamental error in your log

Basically my module cannot find the Berkeley DB library.

On a Unix box this is sorted out by setting the LIB variable in the config.in file. For Windows (which isn't a development environment I use), I believe you need to include this directory in your PATH as well. Start by setting the LIB variable in config.in. If that doesn't work, try the PATH.

Paul

Try including the directory where the berkeley DB library lives in the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. If you've not used this before, it works just like the PATH environment variable - so if you already have one you need to add it without destroying any existing entries. No, I haven't personally tested it with the FEDORA core bout I know that it runs on practically every Unix that is available. Paul

I am having some trouble with the Berkeley DB interface. This is what I have done: downloaded Berkeley DB, compiled Berkeley DB succesfully (did not run make install because i am running locally), edited config.in in BerekeleyDB perl directory to point to local copies of include and lib, perl Makefile.PL, make, make test. everything is OK - no issues here. when i try to import the BerkeleyDB package into a perl script I get the error below. Any clues on what I am doing wrong? Undefined subroutine &BerkeleyDB::Term::close_everything called at /db-4.4.20/perl/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.pm line 1675.

Hello, I've tried all the tricks suggested in this forum to install BerkeleyDB 4.50.20.NC perl module on my Fedora 6 system (perl, v5.8.8 built for i386-linux-thread-multi). However, nothing worked for me. I still have the error message making test [root@d5214k BerkeleyDB]# make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/btree........Can't load '/home/khalilov/Desktop/SAMT/db-4.5.20.NC/perl/BerkeleyDB/blib/arch/auto/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.so' for module BerkeleyDB: /home/khalilov/Desktop/SAMT/db-4.5.20.NC/perl/BerkeleyDB/blib/arch/auto/BerkeleyDB/BerkeleyDB.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at t/btree.t line 6 Compilation failed in require at t/btree.t line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/btree.t line 6. Undefined subroutine &BerkeleyDB::Term::close_everything called at /home/khalilov/Desktop/SAMT/db-4.5.20.NC/perl/BerkeleyDB/blib/lib/BerkeleyDB.pm line 1675. END failed--call queue aborted at t/btree.t line 6. t/btree........dubious Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200) etc................................. FAILED--23 test scripts could be run, alas--no output ever seen make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 2 I've edited the config.in file and LD_LIBRARY_PATH points to the Berkeley lib directory. Is it impossible to install perl module on my system or there is a trick?? Thank you in advance. Max

Thank you! that was it (Fedora 6: System - Administration - Security level and Firewall - SELinux - disabled).