i installed db and db-devel according to the post
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=699
i then ran the db install again and got this....
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cpan> install DB_File
Running install for module DB_File
Running make for P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.812.tar.gz
Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/DB_File-1.812
Has already been processed within this session
Running make test
Can't test without successful make
Running make install
make had returned bad status, install seems impossible
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any ideas???
thanks,
ray