Oracle 8i 8.1.7 doesn't install on Mandrake Linux 9.1

[Quoted] I'm trying to instll 8.1.7 on a Mandrake Linux 9.1 PC.

When I'm running "runInstaller" from the installation CD, it prints:

Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre
[Quoted] . Please wait...

After that, nothing happens. This somehow seems to start the Java version installed on the machine, in my case that's 1.4.0 of Sun. I think so, because when I run
../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre
[Quoted] , I get the following message:

../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre
[Quoted] : line 68: /usr/lib/jdk-1.4.0/bin/linux/native_threads/jre: No such file or directory
../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre
[Quoted] : line 68: exec: /usr/lib/jdk-1.4.0/bin/linux/native_threads/jre: cannot execute: No such file or directory

[oracle_at_teich install]$ echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jdk-1.4.0

When I unset JAVA_HOME and JDK_HOME, runInstaller seems to start Java 1.1.8 [Quoted] from somewhere, presumably from the installation "CD". However, even with this Java version, nothing happens.

 [askwar_at_teich Shares]$ locale
LANG=de_DE

LC_CTYPE=de_DE
LC_NUMERIC=de_DE
LC_TIME=de_DE
LC_COLLATE=de_DE
LC_MONETARY=de_DE
LC_MESSAGES=de_DE
LC_PAPER="de_DE"
LC_NAME="de_DE"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE"
LC_ALL=

I also tried resetting all these to POSIX (ie. "unset"ing the variables), but this also doesn't help at all.

[Quoted] Could the problems be caused by the installed glibc version (2.3.1)? If so, [Quoted] how can I get 8i installed?

Thanks,

Alexander Skwar

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