Re: oracle8i and oracle 9ir2 on the same unix host

Dennis Bieling wrote:

> Hello @all!
>
> I am having some trouble to install a oracle 9i instance to
> a computer already hosting a oracle 8.1.7 installation.
> Before starting the installation, I set the environment parameters
> and started the runInstaller. The gui is guiding me through the
> installtion to the moment where I can see the summary of the
> installation tasks. In the next step the installer tries to uninstall
> the installed java runtime to replace it with a newer version.
> After that step the installer displays the startscreeen again,
> asking me for the oracle home. The java was not updated or uninstalled
> and when I click through the installation dialog again, it ends up with
> an unrecoverable error and is aborting the installation.
> Can anyone give me a hint what is going wrong here?
> I set the oracle home to a different location than the
> oracle 8 installation's and I also tried using a different oracle base.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dennis

When you want another home and base, you'd better create an account, other than the (presumably) oracle account used for 8i.

And what environment parameters do you SET? The most ones need to be UNset, iirc.

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel