Re: Newbie question

Don't confuse the PATH contents with the needed environmental value..

do this..

( This is actually shell dependant), so for some :

ORACLE_HOME=/your/home/directory_here ; export ORACLE_HOME

add this to your .profile or to the system profile and to any shell scripts that are run to invoke Oracle stuff..

"em" <em_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>I've just installed my first Oracle server (8) on a Solaris system - and
>I've got one (hopefully small) problem. When the installer tries to run
>dbAssist, I get the following message:
>
>"Correct ORACLE_HOME operating system environment is not set or an incorrect
>value is passed for the command line 'orahome.' Set correct ORACLE_HOME
>environment variable or provide a correct value for the command line
>argument 'orahome."
>
>I have very carefully set the ORACLE_HOME value in the path of not only the
>install user (an account named oracle, as described in the installation
>guide), but I;ve set it's path in all the system's user accounts. Ditto for
>the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (ORACLE_HOME/lib). Checking paths and environment
>confirms this.
>
>Is this related to setting up the oratab file (/var/opt/oracle/oratab)? When
>I ran root.sh, the program set the location of ORACLE_HOME, but I see that
>it's not listed in oratab.
>
>a) Do I need to manually put the ORACLE_HOME info in the oratab file? Will
>this allow .dbassist to run?
>
>b) If so, what is the format for listing it in the file (meaning, could
>someone give me a real-world example of $ORACLE_SID:$ORACLE_HOME:<N|Y>: -
>the format listed in the file).
>
>c) If oratab is not the reason ./dbassist is not working, does anyone have
>any idea of what the above-listed error message means?
>
>Thanks!
>
>DS
>

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