Re: Oracle 8.1.7.0 on RH8.0

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:53:53 +0100, Kenneth Schulstad <kschulst_at_ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install oracle 8.1.7.0 on Linux RH8.0
>
> When about to start the runInstaller the installer echoes with:
>
> Initializing Java Virtual Machine from ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre.
> Please wait...
>
> And then nothing happens ...
>
> I've followed installation instructions thoroughly. Any ideas?

There is a problem on RH7.3 with compiler compatability. Assuming the same problem, the fix is:

Assuming you have a user 'oracle' that is doing the install...

As root:

• Mount Red Hat Linux 7.3 Operating System Source Code CD 1 of 2
• cd /mnt/cdrom/SRPMS
• find . -name 'compat*' -exec rpm -Uvh {} \;
• Add the following to oracle's .bash_profile:

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 This will install 3 packages and runInstaller should work.

Don't create a database with runInstaller, and when the thunder dies down install the glibc patch (download from OTN):

As oracle:

• cd ORACLE_HOME
• cp /<whereever the patch is>/glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz .
• tar xvfz glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz
• ./setup_stubs.sh

You can then create a database. Prolly with, dbassist.

HTH Steve Roach Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 21:21:42 CST