Re: Another Oracle 9i and Linux question....

>> Slackware is not a supported distribution for 9i, so my suggestion is >> not going to be one you'll like: use Suse.

After you're done installing Suse, replace that intel box with a trs-80, also for no apparent reason. ;)

> from a problem solving point of view, it doesn't seem quite right. Where is
> the libclntsh.so library? If it wasn't created, where is it normally
> created? Perhaps I could give it a nudge somehow?

Downgrade binutils, relink Oracle, restore binutils.

Slackware8 post on this at:

  http://www.oracle.com/forums/message.jsp?id=492357

Warning, once you get past the linking issues.. the java installer sucks harder than ever before.

> Anyway, I'll start downloading Oracle 8. After that I'll consider giving
> up. ;-)

You'll have the same problem, have a look at:

  http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/htdocs/linuxsoft.html

• adam