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Re: Where are the RPMs located when installing Linux

From: Jay <me_at_heyjay.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:36:35 -0500
Message-ID: <-PacnVUf8JF75Bvd3cwC-w@speakeasy.net>


I think there are. When I install on Debian (a non RPM based distro), in the window that I launched the installer, I get 2 RPM errors

Jay
"Dusan Bolek" <pagesflames_at_usa.net> wrote in message news:1e8276d6.0404210405.1a01e4c6_at_posting.google.com...
> "Jay" <me_at_heyjay.com> wrote in message
news:<wJOdnUrsRIeESBjd38DK-g_at_speakeasy.net>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is in reference to 10.1.0.1 for Linux
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knows where, on the install disk, are the RPMs
> > located. Specifically, the RPMs pertaining to the ODBC generic
> > connectivity? I think they may be encapsulated within some sort of
archive
> > (jar, zip) on the install disk but I can't find them
>
> There are no RPMs. There is no need for them. The very purpose of RPMs
> is to manage instalation processes (install, uninstall, upgrade) on a
> server. For Oracle products this is handled by the strange beast,
> called Oracle Universal Installer (oui), so packing parts of Oracle
> 10G into RPMs would be an overkill.
>
> --
> Dusan Bolek
>
> Email: spambin_at_seznam.cz
> Pls add "Not Guilty" to the subject, otherwise your email is going to
> be burnt as a SPAM.
Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 08:36:35 CDT

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