Build Notes for the perl-DBD-DB2 on AIX 6.1 Need cc_r compiler installed on AIX build system and in /bin. DB2 must be installed on the machine to build the DBD export DB2_HOME to the install path of DB2. IF this path is differenct the DBD-DB2.spec file must change. export DB2_HOME=/opt/IBM/db2/V9.7 Download DBD-DB2-1.78.tar.gz from CPAN. cp DBD-DB2-1.78.tar.gz /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES Use the DBD-DB2.spec file in this directory cp DBD-DB2.spec /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS cp Makefile.db2 from this directory to /tmp Go to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS and run "rpm -bb DBD-DB2.spec", which creates: /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/perl-DBD-DB2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm