We didn't do that on any of our boxes. We installed the 64-bit libraries and it went fine. Also, if /usr/bin/gcc is a shell script, I would be concerned. I've never seen that, and I can only assume you have the 32-bit version of the OS or gcc installed. <code> [root@oracle1 ~]# more /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant) [root@oracle1 ~]# file /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped </code> --Tom --- Glenn Stauffer <alaxsxaq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just finished installing Oracle on a Sun v40z 4-way dual-core > opteron system. I didn't worry about the environment variables that > you mentioned, but thought I'd pass along something in case you are > doing your install on a 64bit platform. > > /usr/bin/gcc is a shell script which you'll need to edit to enable > 64bit compiles: > > #exec /usr/bin/gcc32 -static-libgcc > -B/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/ "$@" > exec /usr/bin/gcc32 -static-libgcc > -B/usr/lib/gcc-lib/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.2.3/ "$@" > > This was our first 64bit install, so we had to track this down to get > the Oracle software to link. > > --Glenn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l