Re: Installation of Oracle 8.1.7 on SunOS 5.8 fails

Karl Hahn <hahnk_at_forwiss.tu-muenchen.de> wrote in news:3D11D677.8FC93C45_at_forwiss.tu-muenchen.de:

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with the installation of Oracle 8.1.7:
> after executing the script orainstRoot.sh and continuing
> with the 'Retry' button I get the error message:
>
> *****
> The Oracle Universal Installer Inventory on this system does
> not exist or is not writable. The possible causes are:
> 1. The /opt/oracle/product/8.1.7/orainstRoot.sh script was not
> executed with root priveledges, or an error occurred during
> execution.
> 2. You are not a member of the specified Installer group.
> *****

What are the contents of /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc? There should be a single path in there pointing to /opt/oracle/oraInventory.

Do you have an /etc/oraInst.loc? I do on 8.1.7 on RedHat7.1.

Also, if it says the orainstRoot.sh script isn't getting executed right, take a look at the script itself and walk through it step by step. Look at what it is supposed to do and make sure it is done.

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