Re: Installing Oracle

tulcoc_at_ccnet.com (Ajoy Cherian) writes:
> Hi,
>
> Is it true that a C compiler is required for installing oracle(for
> linking the oracle kernel) ?
> Platform : SUN OS5.3 solaris 2.3
> Oracle RDBMS :V 7.0.16.4
>
> I got conflitting info from oracle support and some experts who have
> installed oracle on various platforms. Oracle support version is
> that C compiler is not required and the others say it is reqd.
> I am confused. Would appreciate clarification. (In solaris 2.3 the C
> compiler is not bundled with the OS, it is a seperately priced prod)
>
> Thanks
> Ajoy
>

You do not need a C compiler with Solaris 2.3 and Oracle 7.0.16 (or 7.0.15). Make sure that you have the following packages installed on your system:

SUNWbtool
SUNWtoo
SUNWsprot
SUNWarc
SUNWlibm
SUNWlibms

These packages supplied all the development tools and libraries needed to install Oracle on your platform (ie ld, make, ar, as, etc.). These packages would be installed as part of a Developers or Full install but not with an End User Solaris installation.  

With the unbundling of the C compiler we moved from generating our configuration files from C files to assembler files, for example osntab.c became osntab.s, config.c became config.s etc. As the assembler is still bundled this means that the C compiler is only required if you wish to write Pro*C programs or write Pro*C user exits for products such as SQL*Forms 3.0 and SQL*Menu 5.0.

On other platforms the C compiler may be required.

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