Manually make an Oracle client SAR file

sharksolman:slmadm 32> cat LABEL.ASC
ORACLE:12.1:CLIENT:*:LINUX_X86_64:*

[root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# ls -ltr
total 190600
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst    233137 May 13  2015 uidrvci
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst     48359 May 13  2015 genezi
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst     34227 May 13  2015 adrci
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst 104677964 May 13  2015 libociei.so
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   3725876 May 13  2015 ojdbc7.jar
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   3719083 May 13  2015 ojdbc6.jar
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   2106218 May 13  2015 ojdbc5.jar
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   1578104 May 13  2015 ojdbc14.jar
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst    337137 May 13  2015 libons.so
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   6213011 May 13  2015 libnnz12.so
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst    544150 May 13  2015 libmql1.so
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   1768370 May 13  2015 libipc1.so
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst  58963392 May 13  2015 libclntsh.so.12.1
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst   7015086 May 13  2015 libclntshcore.so.12.1
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 root   sapinst      3995 May 13  2015 SAPIC_README
-rw-r--r--. 1 root   root           36 Jan 24 10:09 LABEL.ASC
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root   root      4170776 Jan 24 10:10 SAPCAR
-rwxrwxrwx. 1 slmadm sapsys        109 Jan 24 10:10 ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR
[root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# rm ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR
rm: remove regular file ‘ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR’? y
[root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# ./SAPCAR -cvf ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR *
a LABEL.ASC
a SAPCAR
a SAPIC_README
a adrci
a genezi
a libclntsh.so.12.1
a libclntshcore.so.12.1
a libipc1.so
a libmql1.so
a libnnz12.so
a libociei.so
a libons.so
a ojdbc14.jar
a ojdbc5.jar
a ojdbc6.jar
a ojdbc7.jar
a uidrvci

1. download the Oracle client from Oracle's website 2. run the following, also edit the LABEL.ASC manually create the LABEL.ASC file ```` sharksolman:slmadm 32> cat LABEL.ASC ORACLE:12.1:CLIENT:*:LINUX_X86_64:* ```` use SAPCAR to compress the files into an SAR ```` [root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# ls -ltr total 190600 -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 233137 May 13 2015 uidrvci -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 48359 May 13 2015 genezi -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 34227 May 13 2015 adrci -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 104677964 May 13 2015 libociei.so -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 3725876 May 13 2015 ojdbc7.jar -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 3719083 May 13 2015 ojdbc6.jar -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 2106218 May 13 2015 ojdbc5.jar -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 1578104 May 13 2015 ojdbc14.jar -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 337137 May 13 2015 libons.so -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 6213011 May 13 2015 libnnz12.so -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 544150 May 13 2015 libmql1.so -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 1768370 May 13 2015 libipc1.so -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 58963392 May 13 2015 libclntsh.so.12.1 -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 7015086 May 13 2015 libclntshcore.so.12.1 -rwxrwxrwx. 1 root sapinst 3995 May 13 2015 SAPIC_README -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 36 Jan 24 10:09 LABEL.ASC -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4170776 Jan 24 10:10 SAPCAR -rwxrwxrwx. 1 slmadm sapsys 109 Jan 24 10:10 ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR [root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# rm ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR rm: remove regular file ‘ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR’? y [root@sharksolman ORACLE_CLIENT]# ./SAPCAR -cvf ORACLE12_CLIENT.SAR * a LABEL.ASC a SAPCAR a SAPIC_README a adrci a genezi a libclntsh.so.12.1 a libclntshcore.so.12.1 a libipc1.so a libmql1.so a libnnz12.so a libociei.so a libons.so a ojdbc14.jar a ojdbc5.jar a ojdbc6.jar a ojdbc7.jar a uidrvci ```` Then rename the SAR file to be OCL12164.SAR