Take a look at http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/
it has a nice walk thru to setup Oracle on Linux.
--
Ken C.
MCNE MCSE CCNA OCP
"m.mueller" <m.mueller_at_snafu.de> wrote in message
news:3B87D9DF.A0B3316E_at_snafu.de...
> >Good folks,
> >I've been banging my head on this for over two weeks.
> >
> >The Oracle Universal Installer will not start.
> >"The Java RunTime Environment was not found a X/bin/jre. Hence, the
Oracle
> >Universal Installer cannot be run.
> >
> >Based on what I've picked up here and through various sources, I've done
the
> >following pre-install tasks.
> >
> >1. Installed Linux 6.2 compatibility libraries (compat-egcs,
compat-glibc
> >and compat-libs)
> >2. Installed JDK118_v3
> >3. Added to $HOME/.bash_profile as per the following
> >
> >export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
> >source /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh
> >export ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle
> >export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.7
> >export ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data
> >export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/local/jdk118_v3/bin:/bin
> >unset LANG
> >
> >All this and the Installer still will not start. Needless to say, at
this
> >point my frustration has turned into major disappointment. I was really
> >looking forward to using this product.
> >
> >Hopefully someone can help...I'd be forever grateful!
> >
> >Kevin
>
> Hello Kevin,
> I assume that you try to install Oracle 8.1.7 on LINUX RH 7.1.
> If this is the case, you are very close, two or three things missing in
your
> .profile.
> # snippet form my bash_profile
> #oracle stuff
> #uncomment next line, only needed during install (as far as I konw, never
> needed it after installation of the software)
> #DISPLAY=192.168.5.9:0.0 <-- or loop back 127.0.0.1:0.0, see ###1.
> # also tell Oracle, where the specific libs are:
> set LD_IBRARY_PATH="$ORACLE_HOME/lib"
> # next line is for the JRE ( your error message!).
> # For more info, take a look at URL
> http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/content.html
> # doc_name linux_installguide_817.pdf, chap 1 Linux Installation specific
> issues, JRE
> # Note: Do not mix up JDK (needed for HTTP Apache) with JRE (needed for
> UniversalInstaller).
>
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/
jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/JRE/lib
> # export all the stuff. end snippet
>
> ###1.do a xhost+ from your terminal inside X-Windows
> (look at linux_installguide_817.pdf, chap2 tasks to perform as oracle
user).
>
> One more caveat: It may occur, that your installer doesn't run despite all
your
> work :(.
> In those cases, take a look at
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/files/READMEglib213.html
> for the patch description.
>
> You can also drop me a line at my e-mail address.
> Good luck
> Manuela Mueller
Received on Sun Aug 26 2001 - 10:45:33 CDT
