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Mention Node 6. Make improvements regarding C++11 requirements
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The steps below create a Node.js installation for testing. Adjust the
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This node-oracledb release has been tested with Node 0.10, 0.12, 4.2 LTS
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and 5 on 64-bit Oracle Linux and Windows. The add-on can also build
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This node-oracledb release has been tested with Node 0.10, 0.12, 4, 5
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and 6 on 64-bit Oracle Linux and Windows. The add-on can also build
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in some Mac OS X, 32-bit Linux, 32-bit Windows, Solaris and AIX
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environments, but these architectures have not been fully tested.
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### Prerequisites
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### <a name="prerequisites"></a> Prerequisites
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Installation requires Oracle 11.2 or 12.1 client libraries.
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These are included in Oracle Instant Client RPMs or ZIPs, a full
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Oracle Client 11.2 if you need to connect to Oracle Database 9.2.
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A compiler is required. Use Visual Studio on Windows, gcc on Linux or
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Xcode on OS X. When building with Node 4 onwards, the compiler must support
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C++11. Note the default compiler on Oracle Linux 6 and RHEL 6 does
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not have the required support. Install a newer compiler or upgrade to
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Oracle Linux 7.
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Xcode on OS X. ** When building with Node 4 onwards, the compiler must
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support C++11. ** Note the default compiler on Oracle Linux 6 and RHEL 6
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does not have the required support. Install a
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[newer compiler](https://blogs.oracle.com/opal/entry/getting_a_c_11_compatible)
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or upgrade to Oracle Linux 7.
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Python 2.7 is needed by node-gyp. If another version of Python occurs
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first in your binary path then, when you install node-oracledb, use

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