Trouble compiling sleepycat perl module for dbxml on win32

I'm trying to compile the perl module for Oracle DB XML with no luck so far. I've added nmake and cl to my path using the vcvars32 script. But running 'perl Makefile.PL -config.win32' produces:
Note (probably harmless): No library found for DB
Note (probably harmless): No library found for XML
Note (probably harmless): No library found for 2.3.10/lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -llibdb45
Writing Makefile for Sleepycat::Db
Note (probably harmless): No library found for DB
Note (probably harmless): No library found for XML
Note (probably harmless): No library found for 2.3.10/lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -llibdbxml23
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -llibdb45
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lxerces-c_2
Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lxqilla10
Writing Makefile for Sleepycat::DbXml
Writing Makefile for Sleepycat::DbXml
That might not be a problem, although I think all of those libraries are included with the dbxml download. In any case, running nmake fails:
Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
nmake -f Makefile all -nologo
cp Db.pod ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\Db.pod
cp DbEnv.pod ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\DbEnv.pod
cp DbTxn.pod ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\DbTxn.pod
cp Db.pm ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\Db.pm
cp Dbc.pod ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\Dbc.pod
cp Dbt.pod ..\blib\lib\Sleepycat\Dbt.pod
C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\xsubpp -noprototypes -C++ -ty
pemap ../typemap -typemap C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap Db.xs > Db.xsc && C:\Per
l\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e mv Db.xsc Db.c
cl -TP /EHsc -c -IC:/Berkeley DB XML 2.3.10/include -nologo -EHsc -GF
-W3 -MD -O1 -Gd -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL
IMPLICITCONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -nologo
-DVERSION=\"2.003\" -DXS_VERSION=\"2.003\" "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE" Db.c
DB
c1xx : fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'DB': No such file or directo
ry
XML
c1xx : fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'XML': No such file or direct
ory
include
c1xx : fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: '2.3.10/include': No such fil
e or directory
Db.c
Db.xs(7) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'db_cxx.h': No such file
or directory
Generating Code...
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN
\cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN
\nmake.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
Stop.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

I figured it out. I discovered that the developer tools weren't installed by default on the Darwin OS. I downloaded them from the Apple site, installed the dmg file and then installed the required Perl modules and then it worked beautifully.
The problem was that the modules couldn't make properly when being installed.
Fun Fun
Donna

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Hi, I'm new here but have been using Arch for a while. Recently, I decided to install Arch on an old laptop (Toshiba A70) and have managed to work out most of the kinks to where it runs nicely. Unfortunately, ACPI support is spotty and the /sys/class/thermal directory gives me only cooling_device0. I installed the lm-sensors package and ran sensors-detect, which yielded no results. Although the laptop runs smoothly otherwise, I would like to know the CPU's temp so that I would be able to set up a fan control scheme and CPU scaling (so far it's stuck at the lowest frequency, and that's kind of a big deal for me since the laptop runs on an archaic mobile P4 chip).
Sorry for the story but I felt some context was necessary. I did manage to find a kernel module that would connect those sensors to ACPI for me (http://sourceforge.net/projects/omnibook/), however I'm having trouble building it on the latest kernel. Here is the output from running make:
make -C /lib/modules/3.16.1-1-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/root/omnibook-2.20070211 modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.1-1-ARCH/build'
CC [M] /root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.o
In file included from /root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:26:0:
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:25:3: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.callback = dmi_matched,
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:25:3: warning: (near initialization for ‘omnibook_ids[0].callback’)
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:34:3: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.callback = dmi_matched,
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:34:3: warning: (near initialization for ‘omnibook_ids[1].callback’)
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:43:3: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.callback = dmi_matched,
^
// I left out most of the 'incompatible pointer type' warnings since they repeat for a while.
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/laptop.h:1001:3: warning: (near initialization for ‘omnibook_ids[108].callback’)
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c: In function ‘dmi_matched’:
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:141:16: warning: assignment discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type
laptop_model = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION);
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c: In function ‘omnibook_init’:
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:281:3: error: implicit declaration of function ‘create_proc_entry’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
proc_entry = create_proc_entry(feature->name, pmode, omnibook_proc_root);
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:281:14: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
proc_entry = create_proc_entry(feature->name, pmode, omnibook_proc_root);
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:290:13: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
proc_entry->data = feature;
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:291:13: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
proc_entry->read_proc = &procfile_read_dispatch;
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:293:14: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
proc_entry->write_proc = &procfile_write_dispatch;
^
/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.c:294:13: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
proc_entry->owner = THIS_MODULE;
^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target '/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/root/omnibook-2.20070211/init.o] Error 1
Makefile:1333: recipe for target '_module_/root/omnibook-2.20070211' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/omnibook-2.20070211] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.16.1-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:88: recipe for target 'omnibook.ko' failed
make: *** [omnibook.ko] Error 2
I have honestly no idea what to make of any of this and would really appreciate any help towards a solution. Thanks for reading

Welcome to Arch Linux
That looks like it is a 2.6 kernel module
http://sourceforge.net/p/omnibook/bugs/58/
Did you try either of these AUR offerings?
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1001 %packer -Ss omnibook
aur/omnibook-git 20110911-9 (7)
Kernel module for HP OmniBook,Pavilion,Toshiba and Compal ACL00 laptops
aur/omnibook-svn-zen 268-1 (1)
Kernel module for HP OmniBook, Pavilion, Toshiba and Compal ACL00 laptops
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1002 %
Last edited by ewaller (2014-08-23 23:33:53)

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