Re: installer 4.0 is not flexible

Create a unix symbolic link

J L Joslin <jljoslin_at_concentric.net> wrote in article <324c94d2.79062369_at_news.concentric.net>...
> On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:49:26 +0200, Piero Stanchi <stanchi_at_ariadne.it>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi everybody!
> >I have a problem with installer 4.0; I am trying to install oracle 7.3
 on solaris 2.5. The
> >problem is that the installer installs the software as the OFA
 architecture recommends, and I
> >would like to install the software somewhere else because my workstation
 is organized
> >differently.
> >Does someone know how to avoid the fact that app/oracle/product is
 appended to the
> >installation mount points? Do I have to modify the script unix.stp?
> >Thank you.
> >
> >--
> >Piero Dig Stanchi --- Ariadne S.r.l.
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>
>
> You need to get the 7.3.2.2 patch disk for Solaris 2.5. It makes the
> installer considerably more flexible.
>
> As a temporary measure (for Unix), create a link like this:
>
> ln -s $ORACLE_HOME /app/oracle/product
>
> where $ORACLE_HOME is where you want to put the software
> and let the installer go to town. You will face similar problems with
> 7.3.2.1 if you ask the installer to create the database for you (wierd
> mountpoints).
>
> Jim Joslin
>
>
  Received on Tue Oct 01 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST