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

Hi Desmond:

I'm afraid I have never encountered such errors, and my Linux skills are sufficiently pathetic that I can honestly state that I haven't a clue what's causing them. Perhaps a more Linux-knowledgeable poster here can help.

I do know, however, that if the error message is genuinely referring to '$Oracle_HOME' instead of '$ORACLE_HOME', then it will be because you haven't set up your environment variables properly... Linux is case sensitive (as are all Unixes), and when the documentation says the variable must be set as 'ORACLE_HOME', they mean 'all in upper case, and not some mixture of your own choosing'.

But if that's not it, I can't help you.

Regards
HJR "Desmond" <ddl76_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote in message news:9nvi9l$6p7$1_at_violet.singnet.com.sg...
> Sir,
>
> I manage to get the installer up and running. But at the end of the
> installation, I get errors like with the error message like "Error in
> invoking target install of makefile" like the files
>
> <$Oracle_HOME>/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk
>
> <$Oracle_HOME>/rdbms/lib/precomp/ins_precomp.mk
>
> etc.....
>
> Have you encounter this problems?
>
> Thanks
> Desmond
>
>
> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> news:3ba10e55_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> > I have no idea, I'm afraid. You'll have to do an amazingly hard thing
and
> > *read the documentation*! I've not installed the 9i client, just the
> > server. And editing a few kernel parameters is not the same thing as
> > recompiling the kernel anyway, is it?
> >
> > From a very quick perusal of the installation guide, the stuff about
> 'tasks
> > to perform as the root user' (which includes changing those parameters)
is
> > generic: ie, it doesn't matter whether you are only installing the
client
> or
> > the entire thing, you still have to do them.
> >
> > YMMV
> > Regards
> > HJR
> >
> >
> >
> > "Desmond" <ddl76_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote in message
> > news:9nqfsk$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 Sat Sep 15 2001 - 15:05:06 CDT