Re: Linux Oracle 9i Installation

From: blabla <jhgjhg_at_jhgjhg.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 22:43:12 +0100
Message-ID: <3e63cc75$0$23911$8fcfb86b@news.wanadoo.nl>

On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:51:26 +0100, Frank wrote:

> blabla wrote:

>> On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 02:41:30 +0100, dmz17 wrote:
>>
>>

>>>On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:58:41 +0100, blabla wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:14:30 +0100, Frank wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Volker Hetzer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>Dear Folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>during the install of Oracle 9i with Linux Kernel 2.4 I get to following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>can't call the target ntcontab.o with makefile (ins_net_client.mk)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Had anybody the same.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes. Me. Have you installed gcc?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Greetings!
>>>>>>Volker
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>LOL! next question: did you read the installation requirements?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Yes, you can try the following...
>>>>
>>>>The solution is to edit the file: 
>>>>
>>>>$ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk 
>>>>
>>>>and go to "INSO_LINK =", add a "$(LDLIBFLAG)dl" to the line and save it.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps, it worked for me.
>>>>
>>>>greets
>>>
>>>How I wish Oracle would fix the darned thing.
>>>
>>>It is just causing too much grief.
>>>
>>>dmz17

>>
>>
>> Hmm..
>>
>> be glad that you are installing Oracle 9 R2
>> instead of 9.0.1 or 8.1.7....
>>
>> But did it work out for you?
>> When you want I can post a step-by-step install guide
>> for installing this Oracle 9R2 monster on a standard
>> Redhat Linux 8.0 machine. I've installed several Oracle servers now..
>>
>>
>>
>>

>
> What's wrong with 8iR3? Had not much problems - not more than with 9iR2

OK,

you're absolutely right about the 9.2.0 being very ok.. but.. eehm..

8.1.7 isn't that bad except the fact that you have to do a massive relinking after the first installation and that you have to downgrade your OS (I've installed it on several SuSE Linux systems) by doing a downgrade of your binutils to get it to work (even if the downgrade is only for the duration of the Oracle installation)  

9.0.1 is - regarding strange java quirks and relinking problems - a disaster (says someone who is used to some sorting-out.. I've installed and maintained several Linux distributions since Slackware 3.x and Redhat 4.x).

9.2.0 instead installs like a charm.. I can do it without looking at the manual.. just install the java environment - unpack some glibc-libraries (very important -> NOT an rpm that will downgrade your os but a tarball you can install on a location the rest of you os doesn't care about and start up your installer .... no more 8.1.7 troubles like "oops I left my numlock on so my OUI won't start" or things like that....

I have to note that Oracle has got to yo something about the fact that it still needs ld's "assume kernel 2.2.5" compatibility.... shouldn't be necessary I think..
Come on... Linux is a tier 1 platform for them.. recompile the damn thing against 2.4 ; all the major distro's I've gotten Oracle to work on all run 2.4 now - I think it's stable enough... (even if they have to care about the release cycles of their advanced servers series) Received on Mon Mar 03 2003 - 15:43:12 CST