Re: Dangerous Newbie: Installing Oracle 8 in SOL7

rparodi_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> Help me, please!
>
> I go page by page on the installation manuals fro Oracle... The only
> thing I can not find (actually I have no clue on this!) is where is the
> c compiler and what does it mean by:
>
> C compiler directory
> and
> ---Start quote---
> To take advantage of Sun machine architechture, Oracle8 Server code is
> compiled with the cc option -xcg92 provided in the Sun SPARCompiler C
> 4.2
>
> If any files in an application are compiled using the -xcg92 flag, the
> symbol _cg92_ used needs to be resolved at link time. Therefor, any
> time a program or application is linked with the Oracle8 Server, one of
> the following must be done to resolve the symbol _cg92_ used:
>
> -If /opt/ <<not applicable to me>>>
> -If /usr/ccs/bin/ld is used to link, you must include the object file
> $ORACLE_HOME/lib/_fstd.o in the link line. This file is shipped with
> the permission of Sun Micro . . .
> ---end quote ----
> Link line?
> include the object file?
>
> Well, then when I do the install - here is the last entry in the log
> file...
>
> (( OIERR-SYSTEM: make -f ins_rdbms.mk
> ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.3 install ))
> --------------[ rdbms.ins 2135 ]---------------------------------------
> ------
> Action: Relinking Error. The executables for Oracle8 Server (RDBMS)
> were not made successfully. Please check the log file
> (/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.3/orainst/install.log) and repeat the
> installation procedure for Oracle8 Server (RDBMS).
> --------------[ rdbms.ins 2138 ]---------------------------------------
> ------
>
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> Before you buy.

For starters, I wouldn't go near 8.0.3 with bargepole. Either look at 8.1 ("8i") or 8.0.5 as a starting point for 8.0.

There are also some other log files (make.log, holdfile.log and some others) which will give you more detail on what the error details are.

HTH

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