DBD::Oracle installation script assumes oracle is installed local ly?

[brian . barto]

Hi all. I am attempting to install DBD::Oracle from the perl CPAN shell. The
installation script seems to assume that oracle is installed locally. It
asks me to set ORACLE_HOME to the path the oracle is installed and to try
again. Well I don't have oracle installed locally. I want to install
DBD::Oracle so I can connect to a remote oracle server. Any ideas?
 
Thanks,
Brian