Solution for this install error

When installing Oracle Application Server 10g (ias 9.0.4) the installer gave errors for being unable to set permissions for certain files supposedly installed in the jre directory, such as .system.lock,
.systemRootModFile and .extract_args.

This took some time to find but is quite silly: the CD-ROM was not compiled with the proper option (iso9660). Some too deeply nested directories where just NOT there.

The problem is solved after installing from the original download on the hard-disk. The diff command reported the following differences between the original download and the CD ROM:

Only in /home/oracle/Disk1/ocms/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.4.2.02.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded:
.systemPrefs

Only in /home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8.1/1/DataFiles/Expanded/bin:
.java_wrapper

Only in /home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8.1/1/DataFiles/Expanded/bin/i686/green_threads:
.extract_args

Only in /home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8.1/1/DataFiles/Expanded/bin/i686/native_threads:
.extract_args

Only in /home/oracle/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.4.2.02.0/1/DataFiles/Expanded:
.systemPrefs

OK this was silly but may be it helps somebody else. Received on Wed Feb 25 2004 - 08:56:28 CST