You will find the latest sources and information on sourceforge: xql at sourceforge.net
You need a sql-compliant database and a running unixODBC implementation. You get Unixodbc at www.unixodbc.org You need also the odbc++ library orcane.net/freeodbc++
In order to compile and install Xql on your system, type the following in the base directory of the Xql distribution:
% ./configure
% make
% make install
Since Xql uses
autoconfyou should have not trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the the author at Raoul Markus
If everything was ok, you should now have the command line interface xql available in your PATH. To check the database settings, run
% xql <ODBC-SOURCE> <ODBC-USER> <ODBC-PASSWD>
you should now get the prompt of xql:
\>
If you get an error here, please check your ODBC-settings.