Re: Oracle 8i on RedHat 7.3

From: Jan Gelbrich <j_gelbrich_at_westfalen-blatt.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 15:53:50 +0200
Message-ID: <ahjnbk$ssuuu$1@ID-152732.news.dfncis.de>

"pascal B." <pasNOcal_at_phpSPAMfrance.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ahji4g$aih$1_at_wanadoo.fr...
> Does anybody have a doc about installing Oracle 8i on Linux Redhat 7.3 ?
> When we launch runInstaller as user oracle with an X session nothing
happens
> and the process runInstaller runs forever. We do not see the install
window
> anywhere.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Hi, I hav a short guideline on RH7.1 . I translated it from German. Here it is:

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A1. Preparation: Compile Linux-Kernel

rpm -qa | grep kernel

see if the following thing are installed

kernel - headers - 2.4.2 - 2
kernel - 2.4.2 - 2
kernel - source - 2.4.2 - 2

install them with

rpm -i

You need, too:

gcc
binutils
ncurses
Matu

--goto:
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.2
make mrproper
--config Kernel
make menuconfig
make dep
make clean
cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/
vi sem.h

--set # define SEMOPM 32 to # define SEMOPM 100 :wq

cd /usr/src/linux- 2.4.2
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
cd usr/src/linux-2.4.2/arch/i386/boot/
ls
cp bzImage /boot/vmLinuz-ora
vi /etc/lilo.conf

--insert the following:
image=/boot/vmLinuz-ora

   label=linux_oracle
   read-only
   root=/dev/hda5
:wq

lilo
reboot

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You may need to install, von LINUX CD:

compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm
compat-egcs-c++-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm
compat-egcs-g77-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm
compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm
compat-egcs-objc-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm
compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm

A2. create Oracle-User
Login as root

groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
useradd oracle -g oinstall -G dba
groupadd oraapache
useradd oraapache -g oinstall -G oraapache

Make Password for User oracle
passwd oracle

A3. Read Release Notes RedHat 7.1
For Java you need
rpm -i IBMJava118-SDK-1.1.8-5.0.i386.rpm

A4. Set Env variables

vi /home/oracle/.bash_profile

unset LANG

(this is an example for German, you may have to change it for your env) ORACLE_SID=itao
NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_GERMANY.WE8ISO8859P1
ORACLE_BASE=/usr/opt/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/produkt/8.1.7

add to PATH:
:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

add to export:
PATH ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_BASE NLS_LANG ORACLE_SID :wq

A5. Now start Installation of Oracle

new Shell, login as User oracle

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
. /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh

--!! important syntax !!

--start KDE

startx

New Shell, proov env variables, you may have to repeat: unset LANG

Then::::

./runInstaller

Oracle Universal Installer: Welcome
...continue the Installation and follow the windows...

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that should be the most important so far. Hope this helps.

Jan Received on Tue Jul 23 2002 - 08:53:50 CDT