Computer Accessories User Manual

Product Dependencies
Oracle9i Installation Planning 1-13
Product Dependencies
Some Oracle products depend on other Oracle products to work properly. Use the
following tables to determine the product dependencies
. This section has the
following subsections:
■ Important Compatibility Issues
■ Additional Product-Specific Installation Requirements
Important Compatibility Issues
Review the compatibility issues given in this section:
■ Oracle9i Enterprise Edition must be installed in a location separate from all
other previous Oracle server installations.
■ Oracle products released for earlier versions of Oracle server (such as
release 9.0.1.x and release 8.1.7.x) must not be linked against an Oracle9i
installation
. Contact your Sales Representative concerning releases of these
products that have been certified with Oracle9i.
Additional Product-Specific Installation Requirements
This section provides additional product-specific information. For descriptions of
these products, see Appendix A, "Oracle9i Products".
Warning: If you are upgrading to Oracle9i from a previous
version, then ensure that you have no Oracle symbols and logicals
defined prior to installing Oracle9i
. DO NOT run any orauser
scripts as part of your login sequence
. Failure to heed this warning
will result in numerous problems, including undefined symbols
and overwriting of the previous code tree.
Note: To install National Language Support (NLS), build all
Oracle products first
. Then install NLS. The product directories
must exist before NLS message files can be copied into them.