Re: compiler required for solaris 2.4 install?

In article <1995May16.141705.3762_at_ohgpu.hydro.on.ca>, Rob E. Allan <Rob.E.Allan_at_hydro.on.ca> wrote:
>We are porting our ORACLE database from sunOS 4.1.3_U1 to
>sunOS 5.4 (solaris 2.4). Going over the install notes, they
>seem to say that a C compiler is required for the install.
>This is a bit troublesome since we have to install thist
>database at client sites without any compilers. (Actually
>at these sites not having a compiler is seen as a "good thing".)
>
>Can anyone who has done a solaris install give me a yea or nay
>on this? Sorry if I missed something in the doc's but I find it
>hard to believe that a compiler is required since the sun
>compiler is about $1K and a license manager is required.
>
>BTW, we are going to install 7.1.4.
>
>Thanks for any help

I believe that all you really need is the linker to relink the Oracle execulables if you so desire. The linker is invoked from the .mk files Oracle installs and is called through the cc command. There really isn't any C code to compile unless you want to create the Pro*C demos.

Mike

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