Re: Oracle On Linux Install Help

William Tribley <btribley_at_gol.com> wrote:

]I have S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3, kernel 2.0.35. X is fine, networking works,
]I've patched for glibs. I have 4 mount points, have all the environment
]stuff set to Oracle defaults, logging in as user oracle in group dba.
]Permisssions set to 777 for all mount points on root. Make returns error
]"Cannot open -lnsl". No files can be made. Any ideas on where to find
]help?

Check out the early messages on Oracle's TechNet site. Lots of us had that problem. It seems that only RedHat had the necessary nsl lib, which is required for the make.

I just ignored the errors (on a Slackware box) and my database is running fine.

I later got the nsl lib off a RedHat box so I could compile some oci.

Details are in the TechNet messages.

--
 ,-,_|\ George Dau - Unix (Solaris, DEC Unix, Linux), Oracle, Internet. __

/    * \ Home: gedau_at_pobox.com         !  Any views or opinions expressed (OO)
\_,--\_/ Work: gedau_at_isa.mim.com.au    !  above may be mine, but are NOT ( \/ )
      v   WWW: http://pobox.com/~gedau !  necessarily those of M.I.M.     W--W