Re: Installing Docs with OUI

On 2 Dec 2002 03:47:40 -0800, postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl (Sybrand Bakker) wrote:

> 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 You have a newer version of the OUI already on disk.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
>

Not there, I'm afraid - at least not on the documentation CD. I am using the one installed from the Oracle Enterprise Edition Release 3 (8.1.7) for Linux Intel. It reports itself as OUI v1.7.1.8.0.

Steve Roach Received on Mon Dec 02 2002 - 23:35:13 CST