Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:59:34 +0200 From: martinko <gamato@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-database@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Oracle Client 10g on FreeBSD Message-ID: <452C09B6.4030009@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <20060711162744.A22592@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20060711162744.A22592@malcolm.berkeley.edu>
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Mike Friedman wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE and I want to run a current Oracle > client-only with encryption support. > > First, I installed the Oracle client port, which represents Oracle 7. > But my database support person tells me that's quite old and, in fact, > he couldn't be sure it would work (especially the encryption part) with > the Oracle database I'd be using (which he helps support). And I was > getting some strange symptoms when I tested it. > > So, he recommended that I download the Oracle 10g Client for Linux. > Since my FreeBSD system is configured for Linux compatibility, I'm > hoping this will work. However, I can't even get the Installer to > complete! It keeps telling me that I may not have enough space in my > root partition, even though I'm not trying to install into the root > partition. (The partition in which I'm installing has lots of space). > > In addition, I should say that the machine on which this Oracle client > will be installed is not running X Windows. This means I can't use the > installation menus, so I've been running the Installation tool with a > 'response file'. The response file, however, doesn't have much > flexibility. In particular, when I'm told I may not have enough space, > it asks me if I want to continue, but there's no way for me to reply > 'yes' from the response file. > > In any case, based on the installation logs, it really looks like the > Installation tool is looking at the root partition for how much space is > available. > > I've found in the FreeBSD handbook an article on installing Oracle 8.0. > But it appears that there have been changes with 10g. Also, those > instructions seem to assume a server install, so they talk about setting > some shared memory values and other things that may not apply to me anyway. > > Do I have any other options? I don't want to install the full Oracle > package (client and server), just the client, so that I can write some > perl scripts to query a remote Oracle database. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Mike > Mike, have you considered linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports ?
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