[~/Downloads/DBD-Oracle-1.75_2] sudo perl Makefile.PL Password: [... deleted stuff ...] Using DBI 1.634 (for perl 5.018002 on darwin-thread-multi-2level) installed in /Library/Perl/5.18/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/DBI/ Configuring DBD::Oracle for perl 5.018002 on darwin (darwin-thread-multi-2level) [... deleted stuff...] Looks like an Instant Client installation, okay You don't have a libclntsh.dylib file, only /Library/Oracle/instantclient_11_2/libclntsh.dylib.11.1 So I'm going to create a /Library/Oracle/instantclient_11_2/libclntsh.dylib symlink to /Library/Oracle/instantclient_11_2/libclntsh.dylib.11.1 [...deleted stuff...] Writing Makefile for DBD::Oracle Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json