install Oracle V8.0.5 on Linux failed: get_platform unknown

From: christian <chcoisnon_at_usa.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 14:24:48 GMT
Message-ID: <1999Jan7.141147.10367@news.wrc.xerox.com>

I Tried to install Oracle V8.0.5 on linux mandrake (Red Hat 5.1) and failed on this screen.

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x x Error during action 'Creating ntcontab.o'.                             x
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x xCommand: make -f /home/oracle/product/8.0.5/network/lib/ins_network.mk x x

x xntcontab.o                                                              x
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x x                                                                        x
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x x(if [ "compile" = "compile" ] ;then \                                   x
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x x  /home/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin/gennttab > ntcontab.c ;\               x
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x x  cc  -c ntcontab.c ;\                                                  x
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x x  rm -f /home/oracle/product/8.0.5/lib/ntcontab.o ;\                    x
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x x  mv ntcontab.o /home/oracle/product/8.0.5/lib ;fi)                     x
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x x/home/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin/gennttab:                                x

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x x/home/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin/get_platform: Aucun fichier ou répertoirex x

x xde ce type.                                                             x
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x xntcontab.c:7: sys/types.h: Aucun fichier ou répertoire de ce type.      x

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x   (Shell)            (Ignore)                (Process)

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x   (Help...)          (Back)                  (Cancel)            (Retry)

As there is some people who succed installation, I guess that I missed something.
Did someone had this problem and found the correction or a workaround?

I thank you very much for your time and answer.

best regards,

Christian Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 08:24:48 CST