Re: Oracle Linking

Thank you very much for your informative little tutorial.

I appreciate it a lot.

I will give it a shot.

Thanks.

ltiu

On Sunday 18 August 2002 12:03, you wrote:
> The error message in the "install.log" or "make.log" files should narrow
> your choices down, but in general...
>
> Underneath "$ORACLE_HOME" there are several ".mk" files, which are scripts
> for the venerable UNIX "make" command. To find them, you can run the UNIX
> "find" command as follows:
>
> $ find $ORACLE_HOME -name "*.mk" -print
>
> Within each product subdirectory under "$ORACLE_HOME" where a "lib"
> subdirectory exists, there will usually be two ".mk" files: one prefixed
> with "env_" and another prefixed with "ins_". For example, under the
> "$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms" subdirectory, you'll find a "lib" subdirectory in
> which resides an "env_rdbms.mk" file and an "ins_rdbms.mk" file. The
> "ins_*.mk" script is the one you're interested in; it references "make"
> script settings in the "env_*.mk" script, so in the end you're using both
> scripts anyway, but the "ins_*.mk" script is the "top-level" one...
>
> Within a "make" script there are "targets" defined, which describe how to
> compile (if necessary! not always necessary) and link an executable.
> Generally, Oracle defines an overall target called "install" to
> compile/link/install all executed defined within, or it defines targets for
> each specific executable (i.e. target "ioracle" performs compiles, links,
> and file-movement for installation of the "oracle executable with the
> "ins_rdbms.mk" script, etc).
>
> To call make from the UNIX command-line to compile, link, and install a new
> "oracle" executable, you'd run the following commands:
>
> $ cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib
> $ make -f ins_rdbms.mk ioracle
>
> If you were just going to "shotgun" both of the executables defined as part
> of the "network" product for the server-side, you'd run something like:
>
> $ cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/lib
> $ make -f ins_net_server.mk install
>
> ...and "make" would compile/link/install the "tnslsnr" and the "lsnrctl"
> executables...
>
> The error messages you see from the "link phase" of Oracle software
> installation in the "install.log" or "make.log" scripts come from these
> "make -f ..." commands. Check the log files to find out exactly what
> failed -- using the "shotgun" method can take a lot of time... :-)
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:18 AM
>
> > There is apparently two stages to the Oracle installation on Unix. A file
> > copying installation where all the required binaries are copied from
> > cdrom
>
> to
>
> > hard disk and a linking install where the binary/object files are linked.
> >
> > If the first stage succeeds but the second stage does not. How do I start
>
> the
>
> > linking install without having to go through the first stage copying
>
> install
>
> > again?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ltiu
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