Re: sybase rpm

[Mário Olímpio de Menezes <mario@curiango.ipen.br>]

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Daryl Williams wrote:

> folks,
> 
> has anyone tried installing the sybase rpm package?
> we are needing to install a "professional" database
> and i would love to put it on a debian system if possible.
> if anyone is willing to share their experiences doing this
> i am willing to learn....

Hi,


	I installed sybase rpm packages in my Debian box, using alien to
generate the .deb packages. I had to do some minor modifications in the
init script but it works fine. 
	The only problem I having is with sybperl. I couldn't get it to
compile because of tcl.{a,so} libs that are packaged with sybase. But the
.c examples (sample directories) all worked fine.
	Sybase is a hog memory, though.
	BTW, a look at mysql can give you a very good sql database, that
seems better supported in Linux world, IMHO. (www.mysql.com)

	hth

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