Re: Tip: Oracle8i on Linux SuSE 6.1

Martin Haltmayer schrieb:

> Hi all,
>
> I did not completely manage to start Oracle8i after a (successfully?)
> completed install because something is wrong with relinking after the
> patch 8.1.5.0.1 for Linux. I am missing a lot of external references
> like FreeBuffer, X509... etc. I assume it has something to do with a
> missing "-rpath" parameter in the parameter linking files which will
> enable the linker ld to use shared libraries for these externals.
>
> Anyhow, perhaps somebody can shed some light on this. For time pressure
> reasons I have to return to 8i on NT which is very shaky (tip: don't
> create your database with replication, set cursor_space_for_time always
> to false and use dedicated servers by net assistant).
>
> But for those who are willing to try the adventure of installing
> Oracle8i on SuSE 6.1 here is a list of hints that proved to be important
> for my steps:
>
> 1. Read the information carefully, especially the parts of the
> index.htm. Obey all the hints there (DISPLAY variable, shared memory and
> semaphore configuration, environment variable settings, JRE
> recommendations, etc.)
>
> 2. I happened to have the 815.tgz file from the Internet. Unpack it and
> cd install/linux. DO NOT USE ./runInstaller neither from this directory
> nor from the unpack dir. Use ./runIns.sh instead because this ensures a
> correct jre start (remember the link of your JRE to /usr/local/jre).
>
> 3. After you managed to start ./runIns.sh successfully, first
> congratulations. But, alas the evil is drooling. After you picked the
> software my installer complained twice that there is not sufficient
> space. I ignored it (6 GB free) twice and continued.
>
> AND HERE COMES THE CANDY: you must have the path created before that is
> described by $ORA_NLS33 (it is something like
> ${ORACLE_HOME}/ocommon/...). Until I created it the installer would
> always segmentation fault.
>
> I hope this bit of information gets somebody to at least successfully
> install and start and run Oracle8i on Linux SuSE 6.1. I failed.
>
> Martin
>

Hallo Martin,
wenn Du eine machbare Lösung hast so lass sie mich doch bitte kennenlernen. Ich habe ein Problem mit SuSE62 glibc21 und oracle 8.0.5.0.0

Gerhard Wesser
linux_at_prima.de

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Received on Fri Oct 15 1999 - 14:08:47 CDT