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debian/README*: improve documentation 

Closes: #833119
Thanks: Christoph Biedl
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libdbd-oracle-perl for Debian
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To install this package, you need to install the Oracle Instant Client.
This can be downloaded free of cost (but registration required) from
Oracle:
This can be downloaded free of cost but an "Oracle Account" is required:
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html>
and get the RPM package for your respective architecture:
Click to "Instant Client for Linux x86-64" (amd64) or
"Instant Client for Linux x86" (i386), accept the license
agreement for Instant Client and get the RPM package (no other
architectures are supported):
- Basic (oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm)
Convert it to Debian package using Alien:
Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic
(oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite-*.rpm)
$ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm
Make sure you have these packages installed to convert the
RPM files to Debian:
Install it as root:
- fakeroot
- alien
# dpkg -i oracle-instantclient12.1-basic_*.deb
Convert them to Debian packages:
$ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-*.rpm
Install them as root:
# dpkg -i oracle-instantclient12.1-*.deb
and then you are ready to install this package.
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To build this module, you need to install the Oracle Instant Client.
This can be downloaded free of cost (but registration required) from
Oracle:
This can be downloaded free of cost but an "Oracle Account" is required:
<http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html>
and get the RPM packages for your respective architecture:
Click to "Instant Client for Linux x86-64" (amd64) or
"Instant Client for Linux x86" (i386), accept the license
agreement for Instant Client and get the RPM package (no other
architectures are supported):
- Basic (oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm)
- SDK (oracle-instantclient12.1-devel-*.rpm)
Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic
Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic
(oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite-*.rpm)
Convert them to Debian packages using Alien:
Make sure you have these packages installed to convert the
RPM files to Debian:
- fakeroot
- alien
Convert them to Debian packages:
$ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-*.rpm
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