Actually I had same problem with my slackware 3.5. The reason for this
was (I think) that I had old libraries. I am not sure what exact version
is minimum, but Installing Oracle RedHat 5.2 worked without any
(well...) problems.
Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
>
> In article <TaGI2.51463$YV6.32018_at_news2.giganews.com>,
> "Jack" <ocpdba_at_texas.ne> writes:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a newbie to Linux.
> >
> > The Oracle for Linux installation guide says to just run /orainst/orainst to
> > install. Ha! I tried that, and got "command not found". So, I tried sh
> > orainst.sh and got a long list of ":command not found" and ":bad variable
> > name".
> >
> > Can anyone of you Linux experts help me out?
>
> After you have untarred the huge .tgz file, you should run
> orainst/orainst, without the leading slash. The reason for this should
> be obvious.
>
> But _before_ installing Oracle8, you should read the documentation. Go to
> the unixdoc/server.805 directory, where you will find three documents.
> They are there in both html and pdf formats. You should definitely read
> the Oracle8 Installation Guide before installation.
>
> In general, I would not recommend installing Oracle8 to a Linux newbie.
> You have got to have some knowledge of it before you can install a
> complex product like Oracle8 on it. Likewise, you'll also have to know
> something about Oracle8 before you install it.
>
> Remco
> --
> rd1936: 1:45am up 10 days, 8:09, 8 users, load average: 1.10, 1.15, 1.12
Received on Thu Mar 25 1999 - 18:17:40 CST
