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

I have no idea, I'm afraid. You'll have to do an amazingly hard thing and *read the documentation*! I've not installed the 9i client, just the server. And editing a few kernel parameters is not the same thing as recompiling the kernel anyway, is it?

From a very quick perusal of the installation guide, the stuff about 'tasks to perform as the root user' (which includes changing those parameters) is generic: ie, it doesn't matter whether you are only installing the client or the entire thing, you still have to do them.

YMMV
Regards
HJR "Desmond" <ddl76_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote in message news:9nqfsk$qo$1_at_dahlia.singnet.com.sg...
> You mean I have to recompile the kernel and do all those horried stuff
just
> to get the installer up and install the Oracle client?
>
> I just need the Oracle client. Isn' that troublesome?
>
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> news:3b9dda98_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> > 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 Thu Sep 13 2001 - 14:55:23 CDT