Re: Compiling Oracle without the server installed?

Hi phoenix, I'll try and answer a couple of your questions... phoenix@phoenixdigital.com wrote: > Hi, > > How can I compile the Oracle functions into PHP when I don't have the client libraries? > Where do I get them? > I have only heard through others that the on;y way I can get these libraries is to > 1. Download the entire Oracle Server for Linux. If it's too big to download you can buy it on a disk from technet.oracle.com IIRC. > > 2. Install X windows ( I don't want X on my webserver) In that case I suggest you do a remote install from another box and redirect the X display with the $DISPLAY env var. You will still need X installed on the webserver machine (for the Oracle installer program to use) but you don't actually need to run X. (I'm assuming you're talking about Oracle 8i) - Kev