RE: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
I downloaded the Oracle 9i installation for Linux from Oracle.com and installed the Client Administrator (which seems to include everything I need plus some extra). I did get a couple errors while installing but everything seems to have worked (I think). Now when I try to install DBD::Oracle I'm getting a
RE: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
I installed Oracle Client Administrator from the Oracle.com download (Oracle 9i) and it seems to have installed correctly. However, when I try to install DBD::Oracle I get the following error: The ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set. It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation directory on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture). See the README.clients file for more information. ABORTED! How do I set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?? I did read the README.clients file and it didn't really seem to apply to my situation. Thanks, Phil
RE: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
Look at installing DBD::Oracle8 and see if this clears the problem up. Oracle changed some standards recently that regular DBD::Oracle got lost in. -Original Message- From: Philip Daggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 12:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1 I installed Oracle Client Administrator from the Oracle.com download (Oracle 9i) and it seems to have installed correctly. However, when I try to install DBD::Oracle I get the following error: The ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set. It must be set to hold the path to an Oracle installation directory on this machine (or a machine with a compatible architecture). See the README.clients file for more information. ABORTED! How do I set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable?? I did read the README.clients file and it didn't really seem to apply to my situation. Thanks, Phil
RE: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
To install Oracle 8.1.7 on RH 7.1, you must first install the RH 6.2 compatibility packages (compat-egcs, compat-glibc and compat-libs) from the 7.1 CDs. Enter the following before running the Oracle installer: export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 . /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh Install Oracle using the custom option, and choose not to create a database. I found that in addition to installing the compatibility packages I also had to download the file glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz from technet.oracle.com, and create the stubs as per the instructions. Finally, create the database using dbassist. Dan -Original Message- From: Orlando Andico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:56 AM To: Peter J . Holzer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1 On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Peter J . Holzer wrote: .. Also be careful which version you get. Oracle 8.1.7 doesn't seem to like Redhat 7.1 (the installer just hangs shortly after startup), so you will need Oracle 9i, which was only certified for SuSE last time I looked (although the requirements (Kernel 2.4.x and glibc 2.2) are met by RH 7.1, too, so it would probably work). 9i has just been certified for Red Hat 7.1. The problem with the 8i installer on RH7.x is due to weird interactions between the bundled JVM and glibc-2.2 in RH7.x. I guess you could get the installer working with the new J2EE 1.3.1 FCS release from Sun, using green threads (this is how I got LimeWire working on RH7.x). But then again I have better things to do.. =) still chugging along with 8.0.5.0.0 =) -- Orlando Andico [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mosaic Communications, Inc.
Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
On 2001-09-26 14:12:07 -0700, That Jeff Guy wrote: Philip Daggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to install DBD::Oracle on a Redhat Linux 7.1 box for the sole purpose of connecting to a remote Oracle server. Oracle is pretty rediculous. They require you to download the entire enterprise package, just to install the client software you need. Also be careful which version you get. Oracle 8.1.7 doesn't seem to like Redhat 7.1 (the installer just hangs shortly after startup), so you will need Oracle 9i, which was only certified for SuSE last time I looked (although the requirements (Kernel 2.4.x and glibc 2.2) are met by RH 7.1, too, so it would probably work). hp -- _ | Peter J. Holzer | My definition of a stupid question is |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR / LUGA | a question that if you're embarassed to | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| ask it, you stay stupid. __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ |-- Tim Helck on dbi-users, 2001-07-30 PGP signature
Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
Oracle 9i does work under RedHat, but as someone pointed out to me, in order to work with DBD::Oracle, you need to make sure you also install the Oracle Development Kit as part of that installation. Select the option that says Show all packages including required dependencies and you should see it. The reason 8.1.7 hangs on startup of installation is that it uses glibc 2.1, and Redhat comes with 2.2. There are some compat libs you can download, but I didn't quite get everything working when I did that. 9i will work. -Jeffrey - Original Message - From: Peter J . Holzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:46 AM Subject: Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Peter J . Holzer wrote: .. Also be careful which version you get. Oracle 8.1.7 doesn't seem to like Redhat 7.1 (the installer just hangs shortly after startup), so you will need Oracle 9i, which was only certified for SuSE last time I looked (although the requirements (Kernel 2.4.x and glibc 2.2) are met by RH 7.1, too, so it would probably work). 9i has just been certified for Red Hat 7.1. The problem with the 8i installer on RH7.x is due to weird interactions between the bundled JVM and glibc-2.2 in RH7.x. I guess you could get the installer working with the new J2EE 1.3.1 FCS release from Sun, using green threads (this is how I got LimeWire working on RH7.x). But then again I have better things to do.. =) still chugging along with 8.0.5.0.0 =) -- Orlando Andico [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mosaic Communications, Inc.
Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
There are instructions on the Oracle Linux forum on Technet (http://technet.oracle.com) for fixing that problem. it involves installing some libraries which are generally not installed by default and setting an environment variable (it's basically setting up the proper version of libc libraries). On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Peter J . Holzer wrote: On 2001-09-26 14:12:07 -0700, That Jeff Guy wrote: Philip Daggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to install DBD::Oracle on a Redhat Linux 7.1 box for the sole purpose of connecting to a remote Oracle server. Oracle is pretty rediculous. They require you to download the entire enterprise package, just to install the client software you need. Also be careful which version you get. Oracle 8.1.7 doesn't seem to like Redhat 7.1 (the installer just hangs shortly after startup), so you will need Oracle 9i, which was only certified for SuSE last time I looked (although the requirements (Kernel 2.4.x and glibc 2.2) are met by RH 7.1, too, so it would probably work). hp -- -- Cliff NadlerCollective Technologies, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED](512)-263-5500 -- To win, you must treat a pressure situation as an opportunity to succeed, not an opportunity to fail Gardner Dickinson
Re: DBD::Oracle with Oracle client on Redhat Linux 7.1
Oracle is pretty rediculous. They require you to download the entire enterprise package, just to install the client software you need. Unfortunately, this is the only way I know to get this client software. It sucks especially because recent versions are on the order of 500 megs. But you don't have to install the whole thing. You can select to just install client tools. -Jeffrey Philip Daggett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, I am trying to install DBD::Oracle on a Redhat Linux 7.1 box for the sole purpose of connecting to a remote Oracle server. On our Windows boxes we need to install sqlnet (which we have for Windows) but I can't seem to find an equivalent for Linux. I have been directed several times to the Oracle site to download Oracle client software for Linux but everything I've found has some sort of requirement to install Oracle Enterprise before installing anything else. Is there a simple solution to this or do I in fact need to install Oracle Enterprise in order to use DBD::Oracle to connect to a remote server?? Thanks, Phil -- Jeffrey Poore - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] That Jeff Guy - Infrastructure Engineer - Tellme Networks w: 650-930-9304 c: 650-270-3979 f: 650-417-2059 x1624 Revolutionizing how people and businesses use the telephone. Tellme, the phone as it can be. Find out more @ www.tellme.com
