Install 10.2.0.1 - the base release - of Oracle and deselect the various Enterprise Edition Options - these cost money and we don’t like that, especially if we don’t use them.

Patching to 10.2.0.5 (in my installation - it could be different with previous versions) silently adds OLAP, Data Mining etc back into the mix. Not good - especially if/when Oracle decide to audit your licenses. You pay for what you install whether used or not.

So, to remedy the problem, do this:

cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib 
make -f ins_rdbms.mk olap_off rat_off rac_off dm_off sdo_off ioracle

You may see an error telling you that SDO can’t be turned off. That’s fine, at least we tried! The various options are:

  • olap_off = OLAP
  • rat_off = Real Application Testing
  • rac_off = Real Application Cluster
  • dm_off = Data Mining
  • sdo_off = Spatial

There are others in the make file, but these are the ones I’m mostly interested in not having!

Cheers.