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tnx for your detailed instuctions
what shows following command on your machine ?
[userxy_at_redtux userxy]$ ipcs -l
[userxy_at_redtux userxy]$
Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> Here's how I install on Red Hat 8.0 (being a mere former Windows user, some
> of this might not be as elegant as a 'real' Linux user might prefer)>
>
> 1. Install Red Hat 8.0 with options for Gnome development, X development and
> Kernel development selected.
>
> 2. When installed, use the GUI tool to create a user 'Oracle', and a group
> called 'dba'. Make 'Oracle' a member of the dba group.
>
> 3. Log in as root, and edit /etc/rc.local. Add the lines: "cd
> /proc/sys/kernel" and "cat 250 32000 100 128 > sem" to the end of the file
> (without the quotes, obviously). That gets the kernel right for future box
> bounces, but to get it right, right now, for this installation, also as root
> open a terminal window and do a cd /proc/sys/kernel and cat 250 32000 100
> 128 > sem.
>
> 4. Create the file locations and get permissions correct (still logged in
> as root):
> $ mkdir /opt/bin
> $ chown oracle:dba /opt/bin
> $ mkdir /u01
> $ mkdir /u01/app
> $ mkdir /u01/app/oracle
> $ mkdir /u01/app/oracle/9i
> $ chown -R oracle:dba /u01/app/oracle
>
> 5. Download the three cpio files from technet.oracle.com, and save them in
> the / directory (still logged in as root!!). Then:
>
> $ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk1.cpio
> $ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk2.cpio
> $ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk3.cpio
>
> (file names on the right-hand side of the "<" might vary, but you get the
> idea). That creates you directories called "Disk1", "Disk2" and "Disk3",
> which means the installation should proceed without the need to swap CDs or
> otherwise intervene. For good measure, chown dba:oracle /Disk1, chown
> dba:oracle /Disk2 and chown dba:oracle /Disk3.
>
> 6. Log in as Oracle. Get your environment variables correct. Edit the
> ..bashrc file in your home directory so it reads:
>
> export ORACLE_SID=db9
> export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
> export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/9i
> export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
> export ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
> PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X
> 11R6/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:.
> export PATH
> export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java
> CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/
> jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/jlib:.
> export CLASSPATH
>
> Save. And then invoke the script to get the variables actually set for your
> current session:
>
> $ . ./.bashrc (that's dot space dot slash dot profile)
>
> Check the profile is loaded:
>
> $export
>
> Check the display carefully, and make sure ORACLE_HOME etc are all showing
> sensible values.
>
> 7. Run the installer:
>
> $/DISK1/runInstaller
>
> Select to do an Enterprise Edition, Software Only install.
>
> After that, it's all plain sailing, until about 86% through the linking
> phase, when you'll get an error concerning ctx. When the error appears, open
> another terminal, and cd to $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib. Edit the file env_ctx.mk.
> Scroll down to the bottom, and find the line that reads INSO_LINK= blah blah
> blah. Instead of it reading:
>
> INSO_LINK =-L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca [etc etc etc]
>
> ....it needs to read:
>
> INSO_LINK = -L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)dl $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca [etc
> etc etc]
>
> That is, just add the $(LDLIBFLAG)dl item between the similar "m" and
> "sc_ca" ones. Save the file, and click the 'Retry' option on the error
> message dialog, and the installation should run through to completion.
> Cancel the Enterprise Manager thingy that appears at the end asking you to
> add a database to the tree.
>
> After that, it's just dbca to create a database, and a whole bunch of
> oemutil and oemapp stuff to create a management server with repository
> database, and netca to get all the networking stuff dealt with.
>
> Runs just fine. So Oracle *does* work on Red Hat 8.0.
>
> Regards
> HJR
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> "Guido Stepken" <stepken_at_little-idiot.de> wrote in message
> news:b5ho8l$d3p$02$1_at_news.t-online.com...
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>>Hi out there ! >> >>I am still wondering, why the heck oracle 8i/9i shouldn't run on any >>Linux, preferably Debian, Gentoo, RedHat 8.0 download edition ? >> >>I know, that suse on its enterprise edition (SLES) has exchanged a >>function in glibc, which caused a memory leak in oracle. Oracle has >>sent its own code for being replaced in SuSE. >> >>So it can be, that other distributions have a memory leak too. >> >>My question: Who has installed and running oracle stable on uncertified >>Linux distributions ? >> >>Stable configurations wanted: Linux Distribution, Kernel - #,
>>tnx in advance, regards, Guido Stepken >>
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