Re: Installing Oracle 8i (8.1.6) on IRIX 6.5 (6.5.15m)

From: doug rady <drady_at_scruffy.engr.sgi.com>
Date: 30 Apr 2002 18:06:47 GMT
Message-ID: <aammfn$vich3$1@fido.engr.sgi.com>

In article <defe030b.0204250742.17301c9c_at_posting.google.com>, Jonathan Dimaano <jonathan.dimaano_at_experian.com> wrote:
>We have two old Octane's (dual 300's) with Irix 6.5.15m loaded. We
>tried installing Oracle 8i (8.1.6) but kept getting linking errors. It
>installs everything else fine, however, because of the compile errors,
>the db or the listener won't come up.
>
>At first we realized the the linking scripts were calling "fec" when
>the system had "fecc" instead. So we kind'a fixed it by creating a
>symbolic link "fec" to it. Then we started getting a ton of "warnings"
>which we are not too concerned about, but have been getting mips3 and
>mips4 errors. This is where we are stuck right now.
>
>Apparently, when trying to link, it is using mips4 objects when it is
>expecting mips3 objects (That's what the error says). I haven't the
>clue of what that means really. Unfortunately, niether SGI or Oracle
>wouldn't help. And unfortunately for us, there is no Oracle 9i for
>IRIX since they have ceased development of Oracle for Irix.
>
>Can anyone try to explain to me what we are doing wrong here?
>
>Thanx ...
>
>Jojo

Jojo,

I think you are getting bit by the compiler default stuff. Please try the stuff below. You're safest starting from a clean install.

"Add the following environment variables to the oracle account . file (.cshrc, .profile, .whatever) of your choice setenv PATH $ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/lib
setenv LD_LIBRARY64_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/lib # (NOTE: 64-bit only!)
setenv LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH $ORACLE_HOME/lib32 # needed for JDBC - see CLASSPATH below

setenv CLASSPATH $ORACLE_HOME/jdbs/lib/classes111.zip # requires the LD_LIBRARYN32_PATH variable setenv DISPLAY mydisplay.engr.sgi.com:0.0 # Java needs this...

setenv SGI_ABI -64

setenv COMPILER_DEFAULTS_PATH $ORACLE_HOME # cc and ld need this... echo "-DEFAULT:abi=64:isa=mips3:proc=r10k" > $ORACLE_HOME/compiler.defaults

Note: To avoid some linker errors, create a $ORACLE_HOME/compiler.defaults file and set the environment variableCOMPILER_DEFAULTS_PATH to the value of $ORACLE_HOME. The $ORACLE_HOME/compiler.defaults file should contain the line:

-DEFAULT:abi=64:isa=mips3:proc=r10k

Note: If the linker (ld) cannot find or access the /etc/compiler.defaults file, it will assume -mips4 on MIPS-IV platforms." Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 13:06:47 CDT