Re: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

All UNIX OS's come with a rudimentary C compiler and linker, mainly for the purpose of rebuilding the kernel. What Oracle needs is the make utility and the linker. Unfortunately, this is not true ... In SCO Open Server (5.x) you NEED to install a C-compiler before Oracle installation,

RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ? Oracle installation document says the make utility must be present for relinking the oracle S/W once it is installed.(Incase of SUN it is at the location /usr/ccs/bin.).I Installed

RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

: Rao, UmaSankara S (CAP)[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ? Oracle installation document says the make

Re: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

Relinking only requires 'make' and 'ld'. The components which make up the Oracle binaries are provided as compiled object code, so no C compiler is necessary for relinking. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001

RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

Rahul, I installed different versions of Oracle (804,816,817) on Sun boxes without c compiler. Oracle installation went through. By this, I could say that on Sun Solaris machines we do not require c compiler for Oracle installation. Perhaps, on HP boxes the story might be the same or

Re:is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

Rahul, All UNIX OS's come with a rudimentary C compiler and linker, mainly for the purpose of rebuilding the kernel. What Oracle needs is the make utility and the linker. The compiler is only needed if your building a program from source code and since Oracle ships object code it needs to

is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

some of my friends are telling me that they have succesfuly installed oracle 7.3.1 on AIX 4 WITHOUT the C compiler present.. !! and i was the one telling them how oralce requires to relink the executables after the installation. Regards -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: is C compiler a must for oracle UNIX installations ?

Oracle installation document says the make utility must be present for relinking the oracle S/W once it is installed.(Incase of SUN it is at the location /usr/ccs/bin.).I Installed oracle 8 and 8i on sun machine without installing C compiler.Could be same as the case with AIX i guess.