Re: Installing Oracle 8.1.7 client without X on Linux

From: Uwe Schneider <us_at_webde-ag.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:15:29 +0100
Message-ID: <3C220091.BE5867D5@webde-ag.de>

davide_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I have to install the Oracle client on a Sun Cobalt RAQ4, this machine
> does not have video (nor video card), keyboard and the like.
> So I have two choiches: 1. install X on it and export the display or
> 2. just copy another installation on it.
>
> Currently I've done the second.. I copied (tar.gz) a working installation
> from my machine to the Cobalt, fixed the libraries and everything
> seems working...
>
> But I wonder if everything is effectively correct or I can have some
> problem when my back is turned...
>
> Anyone ever did such thing ?
>

We regularily do install the client from a tar.gz on Linux without any problems. Of course the OS/Libraries must be the same.

The other possibility is: mount /usr/X11R6 in R/O mode from a second machine.

Uwe

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Received on Thu Dec 20 2001 - 09:15:29 CST