Re: Failing to install Oracle under Redhat would SUSE be more easy ?

Hi and thanks for your comments..

Still bear in mind that I have installed Oracle on NT and Irix many times with no big problems.. So I can't see why the linux insall should be so much more difficult thant e.g. Irix..

Well, I'll read over the install doc's ONE MORE TIME.. and we'll see..

Kim

> Why not read the documentation?
>
> Is 8.1.7 certified for Linux 7.1?
>
> If it is, have you followed the installation procedures properly?
>
> If I, a mere Windows user, can knock up a 9i installation in 40 minutes
> these days, then it can't be that difficult -and I know bugger all about
> Linux.
>
> You have to perform various actions as root before attempting the install,
> including setting the kernel parameters properly, and setting group and
> ownership permissions correctly. Then you need to make sure the oracle
> user's profile is correctly set with appropriate environment variable
> settings. And you have to make sure you are using the correct version of
> the glibc libraries, and have the right JRE installed.
>
> Get that lot right, and it should be plain sailing.
>
> So rather than "it's the distro's fault" or "Oracle's support for linux is
> crap", what and where exactly is it falling down? Something you are doing
> or not doing is [probably] the root cause.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Kim" <kim_at_costa.no> wrote in message
> news:MPG.160790767ac980f498969a_at_news1.c2i.net...
> > Hi..
> >
> > After trying and failing to install Oracle 8i under Redhat 7.1 Linux I
> > now am close to giving up.. One option is to go for Informix that I
> > belive has a better Linux support..
> >
> > Another one is to go for SUSE that might be better for for Oracle.. is
> > this correct.. would installing Oracle for Linux be more easy on SUSE
> > 7.2 ?
> >
> > Thanks !
>
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 11 2001 - 08:55:49 CDT