Oracle client install?

["Michael.Johnston" <Michael.Johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

I have been through Google and the archives.

 

I have been trying for two weeks to install an Oracle client
on Fedora core 2. I am especially interested in OCI and using

it with PHP.

 

I don't have a working installation on a Linux machine to copy
files from.

 

I tried the instant client RPMs - this does not install OCI or

configure the system.

 

Is there information and files available to easily install an Oracle client
on a Fedora Core 2 machine? Easy is the operative word.

 

It seems strange to me that Oracle would not make it easy to install

the client software on every computer in the universe. That is just good

marketing. Not many companies are going to want to pay RedHat

for a supported version of Linux to run on all 50,000 desktops in a

corporation. (Sorry for the editorial).

 

 

TIA

 

Mike Johnston