[Refdb-users] Installing refdb

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi Arthur,

I'm afraid I don't fully understand your message. First of all, if
something goes wrong with RefDB, it is very helpful to see the error
messages you run into. If the problem seems related to libdbi, please
include at least the output of refdbd -s -e 0 -l 7 (this should list
the directory where libdbi looks for drivers and the drivers that can
actually be loaded). If you see something strange here, please go back
to the libdbi-drivers package and do a make check. This will show
whether your libdbi and libdbi-drivers installations are functional.

Your last sentence requires a little elucidation: Do you think the
manual is inappropriate? Do you think the installation instructions
should be changed? Do you suggest a different installation procedure?
Please explain and I'll be happy to answer your question.

regards,
Markus

Arthur Chtcherba writes:
 > Unselectively I decided to try out refdb. After 6 hours of installing all
 > necessary perl modules on my linux box, the damn thing still does not work.
 >    Apparently my default dbi path is wrong (it shows up empty).
 > 
 > I feel pretty dumb, after holding highest degree in computer science. I
 > think people here just wasting if not only their own town time, but others
 > too ! why spend so much time writing manuals and just develop normal
 > installation ?
 > 

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