Re: prob starting oracle installer

On 9 Nov 2002 09:18:50 -0800, cvk_ind_at_rediffmail.com (vicky) wrote:

>Hello All ,
>
> I'm trying to install Oracle 8.1.6 on RHL 7.1
>, the problem is I'm unable to start the 'Oracle Universal installer'
>
>
>I tried out various solution specified in this newsgroup but still i
>could not solve the problem .
>
>Following message is appears once I execute './RUNINSTA '
>
>
> ' 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 '
>
>
>
> I tried the following
>
>Alternative 1
>*************
># Installed glibc rpm & also its associated rpm's
>(compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm ,compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm)
>
># Installed IBM java sdk 118 ,
>
># Created symbolic link as $ ln -s /usr/jdk118/bin/jre
>/usr/local/java
>
>
>Altermative 2
>*************
># Untarred the Oracle from the CD , copied it onto hard disk & then
>executed ./RUNINSTA
># Installed IBM java sdk 118 ,
># Created symbolic link as $ ln -s /bin/jre /usr/local/java
>
>Alternative 3
>**************
>When I executed '$ find / -name 'jre' -print '
>following was the output
>/usr/jdk118/bin/jre
>/bin/jre
>/usr/jdk118/bin/linux/native_threads/jre
>
>Of the above 3 which path should be used to create symbolic link ?
>kindly help me out please .
>
>
>
>Thanking You ,
>Vikram.

On NT this error occurs when you have Oracle Universal Installer 2.0 on your system and try to run Oracle Universal Installer 1.x from CD The solution is to use the newest version of the Installer.

Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Sat Nov 09 2002 - 13:13:51 CST