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Oracle Database 11gR2 install on OEL 6.5

73 yum install libaio 75 yum install libaio.i686 77 yum install glibc.i686 79 yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 81 yum install elfutils-libelf-devel 83 yum install libaio-devel.i686 85 yum install libgcc.i686 87 yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 89 yum install unixODBC.i686 unixODBC.x86_64 91 yum install unixODBC-devel.i686 unixODBC-devel.x86_64 93 yum install mksh.x86_64  

Oracle Database 11g install on Centos 7

Problem encountered when installing Oracle 11g on Centos 7 Google suggested this was a fairly common problem with machines with a newer GLIBC. Most of the suggested solutions didn’t work for me (writing a glib memcpy shim etc). Instead I was able to statically link this executable against the glibc archive which didn’t have the …

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Install VMWare Horizon View Client on Fedora 21 64bit

This article shows how to get VMWare VDI / Horizon View client working on the latest Fedora 21 64bit   UPDATE: just download the bundleVMware-Horizon-Client-3.5.0-2999900.x64.bundle  and install yum install libpng12-devel.x86_64 yum install libXScrnSaver.x86_64 for CENTOS7 yum install libgudev1     OBSOLETE https://download3.vmware.com/software/view/viewclients/CART14Q4/VMware-Horizon-Client-3.2.0-2331566.x86.bundle Install the dependencies yum  install glibc.i686 yum install libgcc.i686 yum install gtk2-engines.i686 yum …

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OVM 3.3.1 Upgrade

UPDATE 08/06/14 After upgrading, things were not happy. I found many issues stopping, starting, and modifying anything in my new 3.3.1 OVM environment. I ended up migrating all VMs off of the OVM Servers, re-installing my OVM Server with fresh install. Fixed my issues. Still very buggy, i would recommend waiting until this one gets …

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Wave of the Future – Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Just because I was feeling nostalgic, I installed MS-DOS 6.22 with Windows for Workgroups 3.11 as a bonus! It really is amazing the amount of steps that used to be required to get a PC running and useful. Had to install CDROM drivers, Memory Management Software, TCPIP Stack, Network Drivers, and Display drivers. Linux and …

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