Re: Oracle install

Is 9i supported on Mandrake 8? I honestly haven't checked for a while.

Last time I did, Suse 7.1 and Red Hat 7.something were the only verified Linux platforms, so you can expect all sorts of problems if you've chosen to go with anything else. Not saying you won't get it to work in the end, but you'll be facing a bit of a grudge match to make it happen.

On Suse, when I was asked for the JRE, I always pointed it at usr/lib/java, but I've seen references to usr/software/java, too. And who can say on Mandrake?

If you really must use Linux, and you are, as you say, new to both Linux and Oracle, try to stick with what technet.oracle.com actually states are supported platforms on their download page. But I'd also suggest tackling one thing at a time... and installing on Windows, leaving Linux for later. At the very least, read the 9i Release Notes for Linux, which explains about the Java stuff (on page 3).

Regards
HJR

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> Oracle install

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> Morten <morten_skovgaard_at_hotmail.com>

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> Dato:

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> søndag den 28. oktober 2001 17:39:22

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> Grupper:

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> comp.databases.oracle.server;comp.databases.oracle.misc

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> ingen referencer

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> Hi!

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> I'm new to both oracle and linux so it's no big surprise that I'm having

> problems making things work...

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> I've just installed Linux Mandrake 8.1, downloaded Oracle 9i for Linux and

> installed. (It took VERY long!) I'm in doubt about how to test my

> installation and how to see and administer the database. The install

> program seems to have closed itself. I never saw a dialog telling me that

> the installation was finished.

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> If I try to go to $ORAHOME/OraHome1/bin and run "sqlplus" I get the

> following error:

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> sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.9.0: cannot

> open shared object file: No such file or directory

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> Does anyone know what the problem is? Do I need to install something

extra?


> Has the installation failed?

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> Also I'm in doubt about the Java SDK which I'm asked to point to during

the


> Oracle installation. What should I type there?

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> I hope someone can help me out since I would really like to make things

> work.

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> Morten