Re: Oracle 9i/Linux install nightmare

From: Murtaza Nooruddin <noorix_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:38:05 +0500
Message-ID: <a95o8k$1dj5$1_at_news2.interpacket.net>


I was equally pissed once, but found this rescue guide for installing on RH 7.1 on

http://www.puschitz.com/

  • Murtaza

"Ralph Seguin" <rpseguin_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:63ca7e76.0204100959.131bc222_at_posting.google.com...
> Any help in getting Oracle installed is greatly appreciated.
> Do I really need to use SuSE? SuSE seems like a goofy distribution to
> me...
>
> <venting>
> I have come to the conclusion that the Oracle installation
> instructions and software are some of the _WORST_ I have _EVER_ used,
> and I have installed quite a few pieces of software in my time.
>
> About 10 days ago, I freshly installed a Mandrake Linux 8.1 machine,
> and then went to install Oracle 9i (9.0.1). I followed the poorly
> organized and poorly written directions as closely as I could.
>
>
> Then, when running the runInstaller, I got a segfault (traceback at
> end of this message).
>
> So, I called Oracle, who, for all their database software, could not
> locate our customer #. I was promptly told that Mandrake Linux is not
> qualified to run Oracle 9i (9.0.1) and that I would have to use one of
> the qualified distributions:
>
> RedHat 7.1 (not 7.2)
> SuSE 7.1 or 7.2
> OpenLinux 8
>
>
> Soooo..... I installed RedHat 7.1 afresh, and then tried to install
> Oracle.
> The Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) GUI came up, but the 'Next',
> 'Help', 'Exit', 'Installed Products...' buttons did not work at all.
> The 'About' and 'Deinstall Products...' buttons DID work.
>
>
> Next, I created a TAR to help get this problem solved, and I was then
> informed:
> Ralph,
>
> Oracle Installation does not work correctly on Redhat 7.1 ( glibc 2.2
> and above )
>
> Primarily the problem is that the Oracle Universal Installer does not
> start .
>
> The next problem will be that the relink fails due to bug 1467074
> After this none of the Oracle executables will run.
>
> To solve the initial problem of the OUI not starting you need to
> install the following patches available via the Redhat 7.1 CDs or from
> www.redhat.com
>
> Compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm (CD1)
> compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.14.i386.rpm (CD2)
> compat-libs-6.2-3.i386.rpm (CD2)
>
> Once these have been installed open a new session as the oracle OS
> user and type the following
>
> Export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
> and then run the following file i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh - this can
> be found at /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin
>
> Now you should be able to run the OUI correctly.
>
> When choosing your installation options do not pick for the OUI to
> create a database for you.
>
> We also have a very good note for Suse Linux... Most of the stuff is
> same for Redhat also except for some known issues.
>
> Article-ID: <Note:183134.1>
> Title: INSTALLING 9.0.1 ON SUSE LINUX 7.2
>
>
> Arrrgggggggghhhh!!!!!!
> So, I installed those required RPMs and did the other things, ...
> and it STILL does NOT work.
>
> I _REALLY_ wish that I could have just used PostgreSQL instead, but
> Oracle was mandated by those with the purse strings for unknown
> reasons.
>
> </venting>
>
>
> Thanks.
> -Ralph
> rpseguin AT yahoo DOT com
>
>
> Traceback from running Oracle installer on Mandrake Linux 8.1:
> [oracle_at_mushroom linux]$ /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller
> Segmentation fault
> [oracle_at_mushroom linux]$ gdb /mnt/cdrom/install/linux/runInstaller
> GNU gdb 20010813 (MI_OUT)
> Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
> you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
> conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
> details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-mandrake-linux"...
> (no debugging symbols found)...
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /mnt/cdrom/install/linux/runInstaller
> (no debugging symbols found)...
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x40088308 in fclose () from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb) where
> #0 0x40088308 in fclose () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1 0x0804c456 in copyFile ()
> #2 0x0804c2c0 in CopyDirRecursive ()
> #3 0x0804ca6b in doBootStrap ()
> #4 0x0804afd4 in main_helper ()
> #5 0x0804be06 in main ()
> #6 0x400335b0 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb)
Received on Fri Apr 12 2002 - 07:38:05 CEST

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