From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 18:29:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C83216A41F for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 18:29:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: from luke.segpub.com.au (luke.segpub.com.au [64.49.254.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8FA43D46 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 18:29:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@redry.net) Received: (qmail 92895 invoked by uid 89); 8 Jan 2006 05:29:23 +1100 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 92782, pid: 92870, t: 2.5917s scanners: clamav: 0.87/m:34/d:1169 spam: 3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on luke.segpub.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.35?) (194.125.53.148) by 0 with SMTP; 8 Jan 2006 05:29:20 +1100 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: eoghan Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 18:29:15 +0000 To: Ceri Davies X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: oracle on freeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:29:24 -0000 On 6 Jan 2006, at 20:40, Ceri Davies wrote: > On 4 Jan 2006, at 18:59, eoghan wrote: > >> Hello >> Im wondering if there is any info on getting oracle running on >> freeBSD (im using 6.0). I have found this: >> http://www.scc.nl/~marcel/howto-oracle.html >> But it seems a little dated. I read oracle doesnt officially >> support freeBSD and was pointed to a link here of people working >> with it: >> http://twister.pp.ru/ora-fbsd >> I dont speak russian, but is this no longer being continued? >> Also, by oracle, I mean the database. i realise they have many >> products... >> Any info would help... > > In my opinion, the best online how-to for this by far is the one at > http://www.shadowcom.net/freebsd-oracle9i/ - I intend to produce > something for the handbook once I get the time, but if you follow > the instructions there you will not go far wrong. > > On metalink yesterday I noticed that "Intel FreeBSD" appears in the > list of operating systems when you raise a TAR (whoops, I mean SR > these days), so perhaps they will support it if you pay them > enough, I don't know. > > Ceri HI Ceri Thanks for the link... Im having issues with the install of emulators/ linux_base... doesnt like linux-XFree86-libs-4.3.99.902_4 Not sure if this lib does the same in terms of linux gcc etc? I did read that the 10g install goes a whole lot smoother than the 9i... havent had a chance to really dive into the install yet though... Eoghan