From: carex@skynet.be   
      
   Hi,   
      
   A few years ago (2000 ?) I installed an oracle client on a linux server   
   (oracle8iR2 on Debian Woody) and everything went beautifully.  (with   
   DBD::Oracle)   
      
   Now, I need an oracle client on my new laptop.  (debian Sarge)   
      
   I tried oracle 10g instant client but whitout success.  See below.   
      
   > zorro@armada:~/tmpOra/instantclient10_1$ ls -al   
   > total 85788   
   > drwxr-xr-x  2 zorro zorro     4096 2005-05-24 17:11 .   
   > drwxr-xr-x  3 zorro zorro     4096 2005-05-23 19:02 ..   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro    14428 2005-05-24 17:11 a.out   
   > -r--r--r--  1 zorro zorro  1461081 2004-11-08 21:25 classes12.jar   
   > -r--r--r--  1 zorro zorro     1353 2004-11-08 21:25 glogin.sql   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro 13495923 2004-11-08 21:25 libclntsh.so.10.1   
   > -r-xr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro  2121849 2004-11-08 21:25 libnnz10.so   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro  1229425 2004-11-08 21:51 libocci10_296.so.10.1   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro   913575 2004-11-08 21:25 libocci.so.10.1   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro 66159152 2004-11-08 21:25 libociei.so   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro    96517 2004-11-08 21:25 libocijdbc10.so   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro   760686 2004-11-08 21:25 libsqlplus.so   
   > -r--r--r--  1 zorro zorro  1397543 2004-11-08 21:25 ojdbc14.jar   
   > -r--r--r--  1 zorro zorro    21299 2004-11-08 21:25 README_IC.htm   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro    14428 2004-11-08 21:25 sqlplus   
   > zorro@armada:~/tmpOra/instantclient10_1$ ./sqlplus   
   > ./sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libsqlplus.so: cannot   
   open shared object file: No such file or directory   
   > zorro@armada:~/tmpOra/instantclient10_1$   
      
   Then I tried to install the client (ship.client.lnx32.cpio)   
   But this seems not to be possibe on a Debian.  Dee below   
      
   > zorro@armada:~/tmpOra2/Disk1$ ls -al   
   > total 36   
   > drwxr-xr-x  6 zorro zorro 4096 2004-10-21 01:06 .   
   > drwxr-xr-x  3 zorro zorro 4096 2005-05-24 15:37 ..   
   > drwxrwxr-x  8 zorro zorro 4096 2004-10-21 20:40 doc   
   > drwxr-xr-x  4 zorro zorro 4096 2004-10-20 07:56 install   
   > drwxr-xr-x  2 zorro zorro 4096 2004-10-20 07:56 response   
   > -rwxr-xr-x  1 zorro zorro 1487 2004-10-20 07:56 runInstaller   
   > drwxr-xr-x  7 zorro zorro 4096 2004-11-21 22:25 stage   
   > -rwxrwxr-x  1 zorro zorro 4408 2004-10-21 01:06 welcome.htm   
   > zorro@armada:~/tmpOra2/Disk1$ ./runInstaller   
   > Starting Oracle Universal Installer...   
   >   
   > Checking installer requirements...   
   >   
   > Checking operating system version: must be redhat-2.1, redhat-3, SuSE-9,   
   SuSE-8 or UnitedLinux-1.0   
   >                                       Failed <<<<   
      
      
   And now I do not know what to do.   
   I did also try to install the old oracle8iR2 but also without success.   
      
   So, has someone already successfully installed an oracle client in Debian   
   Sarge ???  (and DBD::Oracle)   
      
   If yes, could I have a few tips about this install ??   
      
   Thanks   
   carex   
      
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