Bundle::DBI(3)

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💅 Bundle::DBI(3) — the manual page, but make it a vibe ✨

Okay so bestie, grab your iced coffee because this is the Bundle::DBI man page and it's literally about installing DBI plus all its little module besties. No cap, it's giving "let me introduce you to the whole squad" energy. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

Bundle::DBI — a bundle to install DBI and required modules. That's it, that's the whole name, periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Like, just run this and let CPAN do its thing:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::DBI'

🎀 CONTENTS 🎀

Here's the whole friend group that comes in the bundle, iykyk:

  • DBI — for to get to know thyself 👑 (yes bestie, that's the actual description and it's iconic)
  • DBI::Shell 11.91 — the DBI command line shell 🐚
  • Storable 2.06 — for DBD::Proxy, DBI::ProxyServer, DBD::Forward
  • Net::Daemon 0.37 — for DBD::Proxy and DBI::ProxyServer
  • RPC::PlServer 0.2016 — for DBD::Proxy and DBI::ProxyServer
  • DBD::Multiplex 1.19 — treat multiple db handles as one 🔥

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this bundle includes, like, all the modules used by the Perl Database Interface (DBI) module — which was created by Tim Bunce. Slay. 💜

A Bundle is literally just a module that defines a collection of other modules. That's its whole job. It's used by the CPAN module to automate the fetching, building and installing of modules from the CPAN ftp archive sites. Very demure, very mindful. ✨

Okay but real talk bestie — this bundle does not deal with the various database drivers (e.g. DBD::Informix, DBD::Oracle etc). Most of those require software from sources other than CPAN. You'll need to fetch and build those drivers yourself. No shortcuts there, sorry. 😭

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

Jonathan Leffler, Jochen Wiedmann and Tim Bunce. The founding mothers— wait no, founding fathers of this bundle. Respect the OGs. 🫡👑

Alright bestie, that's the whole page! 🌟 This was perl v5.44.0 and the date on it is 2026-10-18 — so yeah, it's giving future vibes but also documented from way back. Go forth and install your modules, you gorgeous nerd. 🎀💖

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