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Description of problem: Programs built with ROOT can not access oracle databases because the package compiled in the rpm is built with the --disable-oracle flag. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): root-5.30.03-1.fc16.i686 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a CINT session via command line: root 2. Try accessing an oracle database. For example: TSQLServer *db = TSQLServer::Connect("oracle://hostname/database", "uid", "pw") Actual results: The value returned in db is a NULL pointer meaning the command failed to connec to the database. Expected results: db should point to a TSQLServer object, allowing further operations to be performed on the remote database. Additional info: There may be other config options as well that may be useful to others wanting to use the ROOT package. Perhaps more of them should be enabled. These are the config flags that are set: ROOT ./configure options: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib/root --etcdir=/usr/share/root --docdir=/usr/share/doc/root-5.30.03 --elispdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/root --disable-builtin-afterimage --disable-builtin-ftgl --disable-builtin-freetype --disable-builtin-glew --disable-builtin-lzma --disable-builtin-pcre --disable-builtin-zlib --enable-asimage --enable-astiff --enable-bonjour --enable-clarens --enable-dcache --enable-exceptions --enable-explicitlink --enable-fftw3 --enable-fitsio --enable-gdml --enable-genvector --enable-globus --enable-gsl-shared --enable-gviz --enable-krb5 --enable-ldap --enable-mathmore --enable-memstat --enable-minuit2 --enable-mysql --enable-odbc --enable-opengl --enable-peac --enable-pgsql --enable-python --enable-qt --enable-qtgsi --enable-reflex --enable-rfio --with-rfio-incdir=/usr/include/dpm --with-rfio-libdir=/usr/lib --enable-roofit --enable-ruby --enable-soversion --enable-shadowpw --enable-shared --enable-ssl --enable-table --enable-tmva --enable-unuran --enable-x11 --enable-xml --enable-xft --enable-xrootd --with-xrootd-incdir=/usr/include/xrootd --with-xrootd-libdir=/usr/lib --enable-cintex --disable-afdsmgrd --disable-afs --disable-alien --disable-alloc --disable-castor --disable-chirp --disable-cling --disable-gfal --disable-glite --disable-hdfs --disable-monalisa --disable-oracle --disable-pythia6 --disable-pythia8 --disable-rpath --disable-sapdb --disable-srp --fail-on-missing
Building the oracle support in root requires libocci and occi.h from the Oracle Instant Client. This is non-free software that is not allowed in Fedora. This means that the oracle support for root can not be built and distributed as part of the Fedora distribution.
(In reply to comment #1) > Building the oracle support in root requires libocci and occi.h from the Oracle > Instant Client. This is non-free software that is not allowed in Fedora. This > means that the oracle support for root can not be built and distributed as part > of the Fedora distribution. Then how about a non-free version on rpmfusion? I would have contacted the rpm maintainer directly, but it wasn't clear who that is. I can't be the only one that would like to see this.