Oracle 8.1.5 linux install problems

From: Joe Edwards <cleanh2o_at_cleanh2o.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:23:17 -0700
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9907262305310.9541-100000@cleanh2o.com>

I worked for several hours trying to install Oracle 8.1.5 on a fresh RedHat 6.0 install. Here's what I found. (I could find no references to the Oracle 8.1.5 linux install on the OTN (other than the install docs that come with)).

the install script did not work for me
there is no -green option on the jre
I tried jre 116_v5 and 117_v3

I replaced the jre program with a script that printed the jre command line parameters and ran the jre myself to verify this

I then used the command line parameters to start the oracle installer using the jdk thusly:

/usr/local/java/jdk1.2/jre/bin/java

-Doracle.installer.library_loc=../../stage/Components/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/bin/linux
-Doracle.installer.startup_location=/home/joe/Down/Oracle/install/linux/..
-Doracle.installer.nlsEnabled="FALSE" -Doracle.installer.unixVersion=2.2.5-15 -ms16m
-mx32m -ss1m -oss1m -cp 


/tmp/OraInstall:../../stage/Components/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/

1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/OraInstaller.jar:../../stage/Components/oracle/swd/oui
/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstImages.jar:../../stage/Components/oracl
e/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/InstHelp.jar:../../stage/Component s/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/oracleice.jar:../../stage/C omponents/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/help.jar:../../stag e/Components/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded/lib/ewt.jar oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller -scratchPath /tmp/OraInstall -sourceLoc ../../stage/products.jar -sourceType network

I tried the jdk116 and 12 using the default RedHat 6.0 Gnome window manager. Neither worked. A java window flashed before my eyes and disappeared and the above command just ran and took up cpu time. I could start the oracle installer under the fvwm using both jdk1.2 and jdk116_v5.

I did get the installer to run but now can not get past the product.jar, install directory and orainventory directory selection. I get the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sysman/oix/oixp/OixpIHandler at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicPullSession.checkForPublisherConn(Compiled Code) I looked through most of the jar files provided in the install and did not find any oracle/sysman/oix paths.

So now I am really stuck unless I write my own OixpIHandler class.

Oh yeah, The
/foo/bar/Oracle_install_directory/stage/Components/oracle/swd/oui/1.6.0.7.0/1/DataFiles/Exp
anded/bin/linux directory requires an absolute path. It is relative as called by the runInstaller program. Note that it is an absolute path in the above.

Did anyone get further than this??

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