Re: Installing Docs with OUI

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 2 Dec 2002 03:47:40 -0800
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0212020347.782824a1@posting.google.com>

dev_at_null wrote in message news:<ue3muuo4ja8ilhfklmpt16v6u56m2377ch_at_4ax.com>...
> Hi,
>
> Oracle 8.1.7 on RedHat 7.3
>
> I am trying to install the Oracle Docs from CD-ROM using Oracle Universal
> Installer. The procedure is:
>
> - Insert Oracle8i On-line Generic Documentation CD-ROM Release 3 (8.1.7).
> - Let the CD auto-mount.
> - Open a terminal.
> - runInstaller
> - Welcome: [next]
> - File locations: [browse]
> - Source...: Navigate to /mnt/cdrom/INSTALL & set file name to: docs_817.jar
> - [ok]
> - Destination: Defaults to my ORACLE_HOME.
> - [next]
> - Error:
> Invalid staging area. There are no top level
> components for Linux available for install from this
> staging area.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Steve

You have a newer version of the OUI already on disk. Hence using OUI from CD will fail.
Please use the version from disk

Hth

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Mon Dec 02 2002 - 05:47:40 CST