I am still using 9iR2 on CentOS-2. AFAIK, 10g is mostly the same as 9iR2 so it is possible that the requirements are still there. pushitz says: "The installation of Oracle10g on my RHELAS3 system worked fine without installing any compatibility RPMs like compat-gcc, compat-libstdc++, etc." But that might be because they were installed already. They might also be included with Oracle, or Oracle might be linked against new versions. I have not tested so I can't say. From my experience, most binary only linux software requires compat libraries (motif, ncurses, c++ etc.). Once again, read pushitz. Unfortunately his docs tend to mix lots of versions together so best to read the lot before you try and run anything. Also, I can't see a problem installing the compat libs and not using them. John. Steven Vishoot wrote: > john thanks for the info, i will surely be able to see > if that works when i decide to upgrade my server to > centos. now then if 9i is built to centos-2 then what > would 10g and 11 be built too. are they finally up > equvilant version of centos-3 libs or they still the > libs same as the lower version of oracle? that is > still being equal to centos-2 libs. > > argh > > steven > > --- John Newbigin <jnewbigin at ict.swin.edu.au> wrote: > > >>Steven Vishoot wrote: >> >> >>>the stubs file has the compact libs >> >>The required libraries are 'compat', short for >>computability. Even >>though Oracle may run on CentOS-3, CentOS-4 etc, it >>is built for a >>CentOS-2 like environment (well at least 9i is), so >>you need CentOS-2 >>libraries. These have been conveniently packages >>for CentOS-3 users >>into the '-compat' rpm packages. >> >>(from pushitz) >>compat-db-4.0.14-5.i386.rpm >>compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm >>compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm >>compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm >>compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm >>etc. >> >> in them. since >> >>>oracle has built it db's on a older libs the stubs >>>file is needed to be able to install it without >> >>much >> >>>troubles. this is what i have experienced in the >> >>past, >> >>>i dont know how it is to install it on centos or >> >>with >> >>>10g or higher since my computer does not have >> >>enough >> >>>ram for that app to run. correct me if i am wrong. >> >>You could possibly still install and run Oracle if >>you had enough swap >>instead. Sure it might not be very fast.... As >>already mentioned, for >>oracle on linux, always read this first >>http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml >> >>And don't forget OTN. That is getting better these >>days. And remember >>to check out the Oracle Instant Client which can now >>be used with PHP :) >> >>John. >> >> >>-- >>John Newbigin >>Computer Systems Officer >>Faculty of Information and Communication >>Technologies >>Swinburne University of Technology >>Melbourne, Australia >>http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin >> >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS at caosity.org >>http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > > ===== > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin