Stan, Awhile back (last november) I tried to install Oracle 8.1.6.2 on Debian 'potato' and it's true, it just won't work. Worst of it, you won't get any error messages. Oracle will link its binaries without a hitch, but whenever you'll try "startup nomount" it will just hang there. I don't know about the client-side of this, as I needed the server-side before being able to use the clients :)
Sorry if this doesn't help much. I didn't investigate much as I was rushed and then built a RH 6.1 system to get the db up and running fast. Jeff On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Stan Brown wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:43:31 -0400 (EDT) > From: Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Oracle on Debian? > Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:45:50 -0400 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I'm building a new Debian machine to use as an Amanada backup machine for a > failry large number of machines. I also need to be able to run certain > Oracle _client_ side apps (export for instance, and conneting to DB > instnaces using Perl DBI). > > A few months ago I had built a machine for this using the STABLE > distribution, and a version of Oracle (8i) From the CD that acompanies the > book "Oracle 8i for Linix Starter Kit". > > I would really like to use something a bit more current for the Linux side > of things (Testing? Progeney? Xanim?) but it's muy understanding that this > version of Oracle won't work with the new libraries provided by some > distributions. > > Can anyone educate me on this? Is it posible to download a newer version of > Oracle? If so from where, and what versions of Debian, or Debian derived > distributions will it work with? > > Thanks for the help. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 843-745-3154 > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Thanks to you I've found religion : you made me live PURE HELL
