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I see there is no oracle personal for linux, what is the nearest I can do if
i wanted to install oracle on a red hat linux, what would I need to install
considering I do not have a remote network, could I have the host and remote
network on the same comp, what would I need to install apart from the client
and database?

brian peasland

You can install both the database and the client software on the same
machine. You do not need to have the machine on a network to get access
to a running Oracle instance. If you want to download the software from
Technet (http://technet.oracle.com), then you will need some sort of
access for that. But you can order the CDs from there for a price to
save the pain of a download.

HTH,
Brian

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howard j. rogers

I assume that 'no remote network' means a single PC, but one with a network
card? If so, not a problem. Even without a network card, so long as there's
a loop-back adapter, you can install the entire thing, client and server,
onto a single PC and make effective use of it. I further assume this is to
learn and experiment, and in that case, I'd suggest you visit
technet.oracle.com and download the entire Enterprise Edition CDs (all three
of 'em!).

Depending on which version of Red Hat you are using, you might find a trip
to www.dizwell.com to be of use: if it's 9, then you'll find full
installation instructions there, plus instructions on setting up Oracle's
networking,

Regards
HJR
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hans forbrich

You have a mistaken understanding of the contents of Personal Oracle.
Please look through the OTN site for a document like 'Oracle9i: A Family
of Products' for further information on this.

All Oracle database products can be installed on standalone (no network)
machines. I have done so many times on Windows 2000, Windows NT,
Solaris, Linux (RH & SuSE) with no problems. The client and server can
be on the same host. However, things are much easier if you havre at
least an loopback TCP architecture installed.

One way of accomplishing your network requirement is called a LoopBack
Adapter, which uses IP address 127.0.0.1, to replace the physical access
to the internet. Check out The Linux Documentation Project for more
about this at http://www.tldp.org

In addition, Oracle attempts to be OS independant - consider using the
http://otn.oracle.com/obe/start/index.html as a guide.