This is sqlcockpit's downloadpage

You can download sqlcockpit source distribution for free and under the GPL - licence using the links below. This page only contains brief installation instructions. Please read the install page of sqlcockpit carefully, it will help you get it running.

Source distribution (requires perl and some perl modules)

Either download the most up-to-date release from sourceforge Go to download page

For the most up to date version use the CVS repository
Browse the CVS repository

or download nightly cvs tree tar - ball

Note: Under windows sqlcockpit can now be installed with an install shield wizard, thanks to another Sourceforge-project, -spoon-installer. Install perl (ActiveState recommended), go online and run sqlcockpit_install_<version>.exe. This script has an automatic module installer. If sqlcockpit does not start after running the installer: Go online, start a shell (e.g.DOS-box), cd c:\Programs\sqlcockpit or where you have installed sqlcockpit and run 'perl ppm.pl'. This should fix the problem. If you still get a message like 'can't find module xxx in @INC, you have to install the module by hand, see the install page of sqlcockpit.

Installation notes are bundled with the distribution. For a quick installation guide see below. The big part of the installation is to install the prerequisites (perl and some perl modules). The small part is to install sqlcockpit itself, it is nothing more than to:

Download and unpack the source distribution in a directory of your choice (create one before!)
Run the installer script perl install.pl. This script will ask you if you want to do an automated installation of the perl modules. This only works if you have a compiler environment, and if you are using the CPAN - module for the first time, you will be asked some additional questions. The program will be started by the installer-script for a first time with a testdataset.

After installing,

You should configure sqlcockpit. To access your database, hit Options, then SQL. There you can choose, which database drivers you want to use. For instance if you want to access a mysql-database, you must install the mysql-client library (optionally the mysql-ODBC driver), then you have to install either the perl module DBD::mysql or DBD::ODBC (if not already done so by the installer script). Under Windows, many databases come with an ODBC driver. Therefore installing DBD::ODBC is recommended. You may want to adjust other settings in the 'Options' menu to adjust the program look and feel to your preferences.
Register on a voluntary basis. Register means just inform me about your email adress, nothing else. To encurage users to register, sqlcockpit stops with a 15 seconds delay until you are registered. On the other hand, if you exit using the cross 'x' in the upper right corner, your settings, SQL-statements, etc. will be lost, but sqlcokpit stops immidiately.

I plan to make binary distributions from time to time for some popular operating systems (Linux and Windows), but there are still unsolved problems, sorry. Binary means that there will be something like an executeable, and that you won't need to install any prerequisites.

No binary distributions yet, sorry. Maybe one could help me creating one?
Linux and Unix	Perhaps someone could contribute it using perl2exe or a similar tool?
Windows (Win95 or better)	Will (hopefully) be released soon, stay tuned! But there are still unsolved problems with DBI.