Does a full install even install the compat-* packages that Oracle needs? I'm leaning towards no, but I'm not totally sure. If not, then you're not gaining anything by doing a full install.

I'm an Oracle DBA for a software company. Where I work, I run across all kinds of versions of Oracle - 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 9.2.0.x, 10g R1 and 10g R2.<BR>At one time I built a home server and had Ubuntu ...