DBD-Informix
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If you have preconfigured the Perl CPAN module and correctly set up
your Informix environment, you can install DBD::Informix simply
DBD::Informix by simply typing:
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::DBD::Informix'
This command gets the latest version of DBI (and its prerequisite
modules) and the latest version of DBD::Informix, and compiles, tests,
and install them all completely automatically. Before doing this, you
need to be confident that things will work correctly (or that you've
got good backups of your Perl installation). On the other hand, it is
an extremely convenient method of updating your Perl software.
When you first use the CPAN module, it will ask you many questions,
including the name of the CPAN site from which to download the
material, but the CPAN module saves this information for the next time
and offers you a choice of sites based on continent and
First consider installing the latest CPAN bundle:
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::CPAN'
( run in 1.157 second using v1.01-cache-2.11-cpan-49f99fa48dc )