Re: Oracle 8i Install On Redhat 9

From: Chaz <news-dfn_at_chaz6.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:43:07 +0100
Message-ID: <b9o8dc$ld6jc$1@ID-117927.news.dfncis.de>

"Joydeep" <joy_deep_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9a11504a.0305090431.7d3b9afc_at_posting.google.com... > "Chaz" <news-dfn_at_chaz6.com> wrote in message news:<b9drrl$igh8j$1_at_ID-117927.news.dfncis.de>...
> > "Chaz" <news-dfn_at_chaz6.com> wrote in message
> > news:b9da0n$hh7vg$1_at_ID-117927.news.dfncis.de...
> > > "Joydeep" <joy_deep_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > news:9a11504a.0305072256.395f66c4_at_posting.google.com...
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have been trying to install Oracle 8.1.7 on Redhat 9. I downloaded
> > > > the Oracle software and the stub from the OTN site. Installed Java
> > > > 1.1.8. Created oracle user and the usergroup dba,oinstall and oper.
> > > > Installed compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14,compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2 and
> > > > compat-libs-6.2-3. Changed the bash_profile. Now my bash_profile
looks
> > > > like this :
> > > > ***********************************************************
> > > > # .bash_profile
> > > >
> > > > # Get the aliases and functions
> > > > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> > > > . ~/.bashrc
> > > > fi
> > > >
> > > > # User specific environment and startup programs
> > > > umask 022
> > > > EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR
> > > > TERM=xterm; export TERM
> > > > TMPDIR=/tmp; export TMPDIR
> > > >
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > > # | SETUP ORACLE ENVIRONMENT |
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > >
> > > > export ORACLE_SID=orcl
> > > > export ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle
> > > > export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/8.1.7
> > > >
> > > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
> > > > export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
> > > >
> > > > export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1
> > > > export ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data
> > > >
> > > > export ORACLE_OWNER=oracle
> > > > export ORACLE_TERM=xterm
> > > >
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > > # | LINUX STUFF |
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > >
> > > > export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
> > > > . /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh
> > > >
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > > # | SETUP SEARCH PATH |
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > >
> > > >
> > >

> >
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X
> > > 11R6/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:.
> > > > export PATH
> > > >
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > > # | SETUP JAVA ENVIRONMENT |
> > > > # +--------------------------+
> > > >
> > > > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java
> > > >
> > > > export
> > >

> >
CLASSPATH=/opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:/opt/oracle/produ
> > >

> >
ct/8.1.7/JRE:/opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/jlib:/opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/
> > > jlib:/opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/network/jlib:.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > unset USERNAME
> > > > *******************************************
> > > >
> > > > Then, I ran runInstaller from Disk1/install/linux/ folder. It went
> > > > smoothly except later, in some of the modules, when it tried to
relink
> > > > it failed. I clicked ignore in those cases. After that I cancelled
the
> > > > net8 configuration, database creation and the apache server
> > > > configuration.
> > > > Now when I applied the stub, it failed saying "error while loading
> > > > shared libraries: libclntsh.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file".
> > > > The stub also changed svrmgrl and sqlplus to svrmgrlO and sqlplusO
in
> > > > $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory.
> > > > Now I cannot find libclntsh.so.8.0 anywhere in my my pc. I don't
know
> > > > from where I can download it.
> > > >
> > > > Please help me fix this problem.
> > > >
> > > > You can mail me at joy_deep_at_yahoo.com
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Joydeep
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I remember last time I installed it on RedHat 9 I had a bit of trouble
> > doing
> > > so, but in the end I got it going. I have to do another installation
this
> > > afternoon, so I shall let you know how it goes.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >

> >

> > Hi

> >
> > All done, and it went more easily then I expected. The only snag I had
was
> > that I did not install XFree, but that was easily added using up2date.
> >
> > Oracle is one of those things, that unless you do everything perfectly,
then
> > you are bound to run into problems.

> >

> > Anyway, here's what I did...

> >

> > Set up users, groups, directories etc
> > Run the installer program
> > Install Oracle.. there are some messages about missing files, just hit
> > ignore
> > Extract glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz into /u01/app/oracle, or wherever you
> > installed Oracle
> > Run ./setup_stubs.sh
> > Run /u01/app/oracle/bin/netca (or just write ./net/admin/tnsnamed.ora
> > yourself)
> > And that's it!

> >

> > [oracle_at_xxx oracle]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
> > Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike)
> > [oracle_at_xxx oracle]$ uptime
> > 16:05:25 up 3:00, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.25
> > [oracle_at_xxx oracle]$ /u01/app/oracle/bin/sqlplus */*@*

> >

> > SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Thu May 8 16:05:58 2003

> >

> >
> >

> > Connected to:
> > Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
> > With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
> > JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
> >
> > I would recommend you start from scratch, and make sure you get
everything
> > right. It is a lot easier than trying to troubleshoot.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Chris

>
>
> I started from scratch 2 times. But every time after applying the
> glibc stub I found the svrmgrl and sqlplus file in $ORACLE_HOME/bin
> directory are changed to svrmgrlO and sqlplusO. Why is so?
> Also that libclntsh.so.8.0 problem is still there. Don't you install
> those compat-*-6.2 files? What are these files you install apart from
> the 3 I mentioned above?
>
> Regards,
> Joydeep

The two files I used for the installation were linux81701.tar (536,980 kb) and glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz (92 kb). These can be obtained from http://otn.oracle.com/software/products/oracle8i/htdocs/linuxsoft.html.

Regards,

Chris Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 08:43:07 CDT