Re: $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus file is empty

"which make" gives /usr/ccs/bin and have tried the installation once more without any success.

Larry Ramm <larry.ramm_at_senecac.on.ca> wrote in message news:<3BE17724.162AA8B8_at_senecac.on.ca>...
> Is make installed:
>
> Do a which make.
>
> Should be in :
>
> /usr/ccs/bin
>
>
> if not install..
>
>
>
> copee wrote:
>
> > I have tried installing Oracle 8.1.6 on x86 Solaris 8 but have had
> > about 20 errors each time and were all in the form: "Error in invoking
> > [A] of makefile $ORACLE_HOME/[B] mk" where [A] = domerge, ntcontab.o,
> > nngfgt.o, install - just to name a few and [B]= install/ut/libmerge,
> > network/lib/ins_net_client, sqlplus/lib/ins_sql - also to name a few.
> >
> > I ignored all errors because didn't know how to fix them and the
> > installation went to a successful completion according to the
> > runInstaller wizard. However, I later found out that most of the
> > executables under the $ORACLE_HOME/bin directory had empty files. An
> > example is $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus. Running the sqlplus command
> > simply takes one to another UNIX prompt instead of SQL> so I went
> > looking, only to find that the sqlplus file was empty just like quite
> > a number of them.
> >
> > I have tried the installation a number of times following the
> > instructions on the installation manual carefully but have had no
> > success.
> >
> > Is there any guru out there who could explain what I'm doing wrong and
> > point me in the right direction?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
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Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 22:33:48 CET