Re: 8.1.7.0.1 + Redhat 7.2 + /bin/jre not found

hi kyle,

i was doing exactly the same as you did, but no luck for me :-( I wonder why runInstaller fails to find /bin/jre albeit Disk1/install/oraparam.ini has the following variables set.

JRE_LOCATION=../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux OUI_LOCATION=../stage/Components/oracle.swd.oui/1.7.1.8.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded

thanks
-Shan

Kyle Hailey wrote:

> From: Kyle Hailey (oraperf_at_yahoo.com)
> Subject: solution to errors on Oracle 8.1.7 & Redhat 7.1 install
> This is the only article in this thread
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> Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
> Date: 2001-10-25 11:30:01 PST
>
>
> Here is the simple solution to a problem I had and found reported on
> various web sites but with out any solutions.
>
> Problem:
> Installing oracle 8.1.7 on Redhat 7.1, when running "runInstaller" , I
> get the error:
>
> The Java RunTime Environment was not found at/bin/jre. Hence,
> the Oracle Universal Installer cannot be run.
> Please visit http://www.javasoft.com and install JRE version
> 1.1.8 or higher and try again.: No such file or directory
>
> Notice that there is no space between "at" and "/bin/jre". Changing
> enviroment variables and such I recieved different characters here,
> often getting compose characters.
>
> Solution:
> This install was done off a CDROM where I had the untared Oracles
> LINUX distrubution. When I untared the distribution on to the local
> disk as opposed to the CDROM, everything worked. I think this error
> also comes from installing off remotely mounted drives. I didn't look
> into details of why it is happening. I did copy the CDROM locally.
> That didn't work. I tried chmod -R 755 * on the files I had copied off
> the CDROM but that didn't work as well. Only when I untared the
> original distribution locally did it work. My main care is having a
> solution, so I didn't pursue farther why it happened.
>
>
> Here is my whole procedure for installing Redhat 7.1 & Oracle 8.1.7
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The only trick for installing Redhat 7.1 LINUX was to pick 2 button
> mouse, since I have a 2 button mouse, other wise cut and paste didn't
> work. Otherwise Linux was a snap.
>
> After installing LINUX, install these pacakges (the "compat" packages
> are necessary for Oracle, the others are services for ftp,telnetd,ssh
> & samba)
>
>
> OFF CD 1 /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
>
> rpm -ivh samba-2.0.7-36.i386.rpm
> rpm -ivh xinetd-2.1.8.9pre14-6.i386.rpm
> rpm -ivh telnet-server-0.17-10.i386.rpm
> rpm -ivh openssh-server-2.5.2p2-5.i386.rpm
> rpm -ivh wu-ftpd-2.6.1-16.i386.rpm
> rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm;
>
> OFF CD 2
>
> rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm;
> rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm;
>
> Now, run
>
> ntsysv
>
> and choose
>
> smb
> wu-ftp
> telnetd
> ssh
>
> in order be able to telnet, ssh, ftp into the machine and use samba
>
> an example a samba mount of a Win2K disk onto the LINUX machine
>
> smbmount "\\\\rem005047\\quest" /quest -o username=kyle_hailey
> smbmount "\\\\HPPAV\\khailey" /kyle -o username=administrator
>
> Installing Oracle
> ----------------------------
>
>
> Set these enviroment variables
>
> unset LANG
> export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
> export LDEMULATION=elf_i386_glibc21
> export GCC_EXEC_PREFIX=/usr/i386-glibc21-linux/lib/gcc-lib/
>
> and it should work.
>
> From Oracle download
>
> linux81701.tar
>
> from
>
> otn.oracle.com
>
> the direct link is (not sure if this works in direct)
>
>
> http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/htdocs/linuxsoft.html
>
> Untar this onto a local drive and it should work the first time
> through. I spent ages trying to install Oracle from a CDROM I made of
> the untared file. Crazy, it wouldn't install, but installs fine off a
> local drive. ( I was trying to save disk space since I ran out of
> space the first install) The error off the CDROM was like "java
> environment not found, /bin/jre not found"the CDROM was like "java
> environment not found, /bin/jre not found"
>
> after untaring the Oracle distib
>
> tar xvf linux81701.tar
> cd Disk1/install/linux
> ./runInstaller
>
> Classic bugs that shouldn't happen with the above are
> /bin/jre not found
> jre spins on CPU but nothing happens
> relink errors that -lclntsh not found and lots of compiler
> warnings
>
>
>
> Best Wishes
> Kyle Hailey
>
> oraperf.sourceforge.net
>
>
>
> Shankar wrote:
>
>

>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>i have seen couple of postings here with following error on 8.1.7.0.1 EE
>>installation /Redhat Linux 7.2, but none seems to help me out.
>>
>>/tmp/Disk1/runInstaller
>>The Java RunTime Environment was not found at bin/jre. Hence, the Oracle
>>Universal Installer cannot be run.
>>Please visit http://www.javasoft.com and install JRE version 1.1.8 or
>>higher and try again.
>>: No such file or directory
>>
>>This error seems to be so strange, though i have jdk118_v3 installed and
>>have them in my PATH,
>>
>>[oracle$ which java
>>/usr/local/jdk118_v3/bin/java
>>[oracle$ which jre
>>/usr/local/jdk118_v3/bin/jre
>>[oracle$ java -version
>>java version "1.1.8"
>>[oracle$ jre
>>Java(tm) Runtime Loader Version 1.1.8
>>Usage: jre [-options] classname [arguments]
>>
>>also, i've followed the step by step instructions given in below
>>articles and still can't get installer to invoke.
>>
>>http://staff.in2.hr/denis/oracle/817install_rh72_en.html
>>http://www.idevelopment.info
>>
>>any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Shan
>>