Re: Oracle & Linux - Painful process

"John Arnott - PDbS, Inc." <jarnott_at_PDbS.com> writes:

> I am trying to get an Oracle client working on Linux. I attempted to get a
> server going, but was unable due to tons of bugs/problems with the
> installation.
>
> I first tried 8.1.5, but have been unable to get any part of the client
> working. The patch has errors and makes sqlplus unusable.
>
> I then tried 8.0.5. The install was smoother, but I receive a segmentation
> fault on every app. Sqlplus, svrmgrl, tnsping they all core dump.
>
> Does anybody have 8.0.5 or 8.1.5 working? I would be happy if at least the
> client worked. I am running RedHat 6.1 on a PenguinComputing server.

Here's a step-by-step from Oracle:

  http://technet.oracle.com/tech/linux/htdocs/install.pdf

It's amazing that they actually shipped that installer...

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