Re: A Strange Question of Installing oracle 9i on linux7.3

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:44:07 +0000, Hans Forbrich wrote:

> Going from memory, I think you need to downgrade your Java. It seems to
> me you need JDK 1.3.1

Oracle comes with its own Java and doesn't use system JDK: $ ls $ORACLE_BASE
admin doc jre oradata oraInventory oui product $ ls $ORACLE_BASE/jre
1.1.8 1.3.1
$

That means that oracle 9.2 comes with 2 JRE engines, 1.1.8 and 1.3.1. JRE 1.1.8 is defective and needs to be ammended. While 1.3.1 produces the following (correct) output:

$ cd $ORACLE_BASE/jre/1.3.1/bin;./java -version java version "1.3.1_02"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_02-b02) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_02-b02, mixed mode) $  

1.1.8 produces unexpected problem:

$ cd $ORACLE_BASE/jre/1.1.8/bin;./jre -version jre was not found in /usr/local/java/bin/i686/green_threads/jre $

This can be fixed by downloading JRE 1.1.8 from www.blackdown.org and installing it in /usr/local/java. The 1.1.8 was the last Blackdown's JRE that was actually supported. In my opinion, it outperforms SUN's own jre.

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