Re: Oracle 8.1.7 download won't install properly on Linux

Hello

The proplem is that a library is not in the installations files i think the lib called oralibn8.so. You can find it out if you start after the unsuccessfull installation the dbassist in the ORA_HOME/bin. If you get an errormessage in the Installationbox file oralibn8.so does not exist than download the file and copy to the ORA_HOME/lib/network dir. and start the dbassist.

mike

vrw <linux4me2000_at_netscape.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: 95aidf$f23$1_at_news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hello everyone,
> I have recently downloaded Oracle 8.1.7 Enterprise Edition from Oracle's
> website, and I'm trying to get it to run on my system, for which the specs
> are:
> dual Pentium 3 Katmai, 450 Mhz
> 512 MB RAM
> SuSE 7 Pro base system
> upgraded to 2.4.0 kernel with SMP support
> glibc 2.1
> XFree86 4.0.2
> KDE2
> Java Runtime Environment 1.1.8 v3, from blackdown.org
> Here's the problem: The installer starts up, no problem there, and
 proceeds
> to install the various elements of the 'typical' installation. However,
> whenever it gets to installing the database itself (also chose predefined
> options to keep things simple at first) it just 'hangs' on 'Initializing
> Database'. There are no error messages, and nothing crashes, the
> harddrive(s) just stop doing anything, and I waited for 25 mins. (With my
> system specs, that ought to be plenty...)
> When I then kill the installer windows with Ctrl-Alt-Esc, and try to look
 on
> the drive that contains the home directory for Oracle, it doesn't display
> the contents of that folder, but rather freezes.
> Does anyone have a similar problem ?
> I'm grateful for any advice !!
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Regards,
>
> Volkmar
>
>
>
Received on Mon Feb 05 2001 - 07:36:18 CST