[Zope-DB] Newbie question: DCOracle2 installation

[Matthew T. Kromer]

Tena Sakai wrote:

>Greetings folks,
>
>I just downloaded the latest DCOracle2 product.  I am a bit
>confused about installation.  It says:
>      After compilation on Unix, the easiest thing to do is link
>      lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA in Zope's tree to your DCO directory.
>
>Does "DCO directory" mean the DCOracle2 directory created
>from untar'ing?  Assuming that's the case, would the following
>paraphrasing be correct?  (I am not doing any compiling.  Oops,
>the platform I am using is Redhat 8.0, zope, zope 2.6.1, python 2.1.3)
>      After untar'ing, create a link called
>(zope-home)/lib/python/Products/ZOracleDA
>      to the newly created DCOracle2 directory.
>
>Am I mistaken in thinking that I can get away with no compilation is
>necessary?
>
>By the way, is there anyway I can do this via gui in /Control_Panel/Products?
>  
>

Well actually the easiest thing is to untar it in 
.../lib/python/Products under your Zope home.

If you don't do that, it means

ln -s $ZOPE_HOME/lib/python/Products/DCOracle2 $PATH_TO_DCOracle2

or if you want to use the old name, make the link in lib/python/Products 
named ZOracleDA.

Those build instructions are kind of old, they were aimed at people 
converting from the OCI 7 version of DCOracle.

-- 
Matt Kromer
Zope Corporation  http://www.zope.com/