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<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been through
Google and the archives.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been trying
for two weeks to install an Oracle client<BR>on Fedora core 2. I am especially
interested in OCI and using</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>it with
PHP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't have a
working installation on a Linux machine to copy<BR>files
from.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried the instant
client RPMs - this does not install OCI or</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>configure the
system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there information
and files available to easily install an Oracle client<BR>on a Fedora Core 2
machine? Easy is the operative word.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems strange to
me that Oracle would not make it easy to install</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>the client software
on every computer in the universe. That is just good</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>marketing. Not many
companies are going to want to pay RedHat</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>for a supported
version of Linux to run on all 50,000 desktops in a </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>corporation. (Sorry
for the editorial).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>TIA</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104484118-08092004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike
Johnston</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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