11## Installation and creation of repository
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3- There are two types of binary distributions available at github releases:
3+ There are three types of binary distributions available at github releases:
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5- * Complete binaries are in files that have -bin- in the name.
5+ * Complete binaries are in files that have -bin- in the name; this is the preferred distribution for most users .
66* Little more than executables are in files that have -binonly- in the name.
7+ * Generated stand-alone binaries for utilies like ociping and awrreport; the file name starts with generated.
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8- Complete binaries distributed in a file such rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.4.tgz
9+ ### Using complete binaries
10+
11+ Complete binaries distributed in a file such rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.5.tgz
912can be used as is, i.e. without getting a clone or pull from github.
1013It should be used if you simply want a full run time environment
1114and it contains the following directories:
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ and it contains the following directories:
2427If you prefer to have access to source code, but avoid building the executables,
2528you can clone or pull from github (which would allow you to potentially compile
2629rwloadsim yourself), and then
27- use a file like rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.4 .tgz.
30+ use a file like rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.5 .tgz.
2831This file contains little more than the compiled binaries of the rwloadsim program,
2932and you can simply un-tar this file
3033directly into your cloned or pulled directory; the result will be as if you had
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ On the system where you are going to run rwloadsim,
4346create a (possibly shared) directory where you simply
4447use a command like
4548```
46- tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.4 .tgz
49+ tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.5 .tgz
4750```
4851One install can be shared between several users as long as all have access to the directory.
4952If appropriate, you can put the directory on an NFS (or some other) share and make it available to multiple systems.
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ You can use Oracle Instant Client or a full client (or even server) install.
6265Start by doing a pull or clone of the sources from github
6366as if you would do your own compile, and then use a command like
6467```
65- tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.4 .tgz
68+ tar -zxvf rwloadsim-linux-x86_64-binonly-3.0.5 .tgz
6669```
6770to extract little more than the compiled rwloadsim binaries into your already existing pull or clone.
6871
@@ -189,6 +192,16 @@ The rwl234.sql file is found in the admin directory of your distribution.
189192If you a using a secondary schema, you must also repeat the step above
190193involving the rwlgrants.sql file.
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195+ ### Stand-alone generated binaries
196+
197+ If your only interest is to use utilities such as ociping or awrreport, you can
198+ get these completely stand-alone.
199+ This does _ not_ include the complete rwloadsim, and does _ not_ allow you
200+ to create any rwl programs yourself.
201+ The file such as generated-linux-x86_64-bin-3.0.5.tgz _ only_ contains binaries
202+ that you simply put into any directory, typically one in your PATH.
203+ The only other requirement is an Oracle client environment as explained above.
204+
192205### Navigation
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