Re: Oracle on Linux

"Tony Xu" <tonyxu89_at_yahoo.com> writes:

> You may need to add your current directory to the PATH. You can edit your
> profile and add the line export PATH=$PATH:.: or run it in the command
> line. Next time when you try to execute a command in current direction, it
> will find it.
>
> Tony
>
> Jack <ocpdba_at_texas.ne> wrote in article
> <5bGI2.51464$YV6.30972_at_news2.giganews.com>...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a newbie to Linux.
> >
> > The Oracle for Linux installation guide says to just run /orainst/orainst
> to
> > install. Ha! I tried that, and got "command not found". So, I tried sh
> > orainst.sh and got a long list of ":command not found" and ":bad variable
> > name".

Another problem is that redhat have sh in /usr/bin while other distributions (Debian) may have it in /bin so #!/usr/bin/[ba]sh won't work (not sure about diagnostic messages).  You will have to make a simlink.

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Sincerely Yours, Konstantin Kivi, Russia, konst_at_sirena.rinet.ru

    aka <k-kivi_at_usa.net>, 2:5020/457.24_at_fidonet.org Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 06:22:43 CST