Tidy up the README.txt and BUILD.txt (remove some old notes which are no longer

true).
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Anthony Tuininga 2015-03-11 20:40:26 -06:00
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(Tested on RedHat 4.x, Gentoo 2008.0, Ubuntu 8.x, and Debian 4.x)
These hints are based on using Oracle's instantclient_11_1. It is necessary
to download both 'instantclient-linux-basic' and 'instantclient-sdk-linux' from
oracle.com in order to successfully compile.
oracle.com in order to successfully compile. Note, however, that if using RPMs
you do not need to do anything as cx_Oracle will compile out of the box without
any changes to the configuration of the machine.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html

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@ -26,15 +26,14 @@ Place the file cx_Oracle.pyd or cx_Oracle.so anywhere on your Python path.
Source Install
--------------
This module has been built with Oracle 9.2.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0 on Linux,
Solaris and Windows. Others have reported success with other platforms
such as Mac OS X.
This module has been built with Oracle 10g, 11g and 12c on Linux and Windows.
Others have reported success with other platforms such as Mac OS X.
Use the provided setup.py to build and install the module which makes use of
the distutils module. Note that on Windows, I have used mingw32
(http://www.mingw.org) and the module will not build with MSVC without
modification. The commands required to build and install the module are as
follows:
For simplified installation use pip
pip install cx_Oracle
Otherwise, you can use the provided setup.py to build and install the module
python setup.py build
python setup.py install