Re: oracle install and Solaris pkgadd

On 03/08/05, Joe Smith <joe_dba_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Group,
>
> Has anybody installed Oracle via the Solaris pkgadd utility? Any help will
> be appreciated.
>

Would that not require that Oracle be distributed as a Solaris package? I'm not aware that Oracle have done that. I'm not aware of any reasons why it wouldn't be possible I doubt it would really be useful as often you want to customise the install (choose which functions to install &c).

Where something like that might be useful might be where you have a standard Oracle client install and want to apply it to lots of Sun workstations so you create a package and roll it out to the machines and apply it. Given the preponderance of Windows for client machines and the move to more N-Tier, thin client and application server based, applications rather than strictly 2-Tier fat client server, my feeling is that it wouldn't be that common a need.

Stephen

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