Re: Installing Oracle on uncertified Linux, like Debian, Download RedHat, Gentoo ?

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:30:09 +1100
Message-ID: <JQBfa.6992$dE2.16261@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>

Here's how I install on Red Hat 8.0 (being a mere former Windows user, some of this might not be as elegant as a 'real' Linux user might prefer)>

1. Install Red Hat 8.0 with options for Gnome development, X development and Kernel development selected.
2. When installed, use the GUI tool to create a user 'Oracle', and a group called 'dba'. Make 'Oracle' a member of the dba group.
3. Log in as root, and edit /etc/rc.local. Add the lines: "cd /proc/sys/kernel" and "cat 250 32000 100 128 > sem" to the end of the file (without the quotes, obviously). That gets the kernel right for future box bounces, but to get it right, right now, for this installation, also as root open a terminal window and do a cd /proc/sys/kernel and cat 250 32000 100 128 > sem.
4. Create the file locations and get permissions correct (still logged in as root):
   $ mkdir /opt/bin
   $ chown oracle:dba /opt/bin
   $ mkdir /u01
   $ mkdir /u01/app
   $ mkdir /u01/app/oracle
   $ mkdir /u01/app/oracle/9i
   $ chown -R oracle:dba /u01/app/oracle
   
5. Download the three cpio files from technet.oracle.com, and save them in the / directory (still logged in as root!!). Then:

$ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk1.cpio
$ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk2.cpio
$ cpio -idmv < Linux9i_Disk3.cpio

(file names on the right-hand side of the "<" might vary, but you get the idea). That creates you directories called "Disk1", "Disk2" and "Disk3", which means the installation should proceed without the need to swap CDs or otherwise intervene. For good measure, chown dba:oracle /Disk1, chown dba:oracle /Disk2 and chown dba:oracle /Disk3.

6. Log in as Oracle. Get your environment variables correct. Edit the .bashrc file in your home directory so it reads:

export ORACLE_SID=db9
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/9i

export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8ISO8859P1 export ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X 11R6/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:.
export PATH
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/ jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/jlib:. export CLASSPATH

Save. And then invoke the script to get the variables actually set for your current session:

$ . ./.bashrc (that's dot space dot slash dot profile)

Check the profile is loaded:

$export

Check the display carefully, and make sure ORACLE_HOME etc are all showing sensible values.

7. Run the installer:

$/DISK1/runInstaller

Select to do an Enterprise Edition, Software Only install.

After that, it's all plain sailing, until about 86% through the linking phase, when you'll get an error concerning ctx. When the error appears, open another terminal, and cd to $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib. Edit the file env_ctx.mk. Scroll down to the bottom, and find the line that reads INSO_LINK= blah blah blah. Instead of it reading:

INSO_LINK =-L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca [etc etc etc]

...it needs to read:

 INSO_LINK = -L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)dl $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca [etc etc etc]

That is, just add the $(LDLIBFLAG)dl item between the similar "m" and "sc_ca" ones. Save the file, and click the 'Retry' option on the error message dialog, and the installation should run through to completion. Cancel the Enterprise Manager thingy that appears at the end asking you to add a database to the tree.

After that, it's just dbca to create a database, and a whole bunch of oemutil and oemapp stuff to create a management server with repository database, and netca to get all the networking stuff dealt with.

Runs just fine. So Oracle *does* work on Red Hat 8.0.

Regards
HJR "Guido Stepken" <stepken_at_little-idiot.de> wrote in message news:b5ho8l$d3p$02$1_at_news.t-online.com...

> Hi out there !
>
> I am still wondering, why the heck oracle 8i/9i shouldn't run on any
> Linux, preferably Debian, Gentoo, RedHat 8.0 download edition ?
>
> I know, that suse on its enterprise edition (SLES) has exchanged a
> function in glibc, which caused a memory leak in oracle. Oracle has
> sent its own code for being replaced in SuSE.
>
> So it can be, that other distributions have a memory leak too.
>
> My question: Who has installed and running oracle stable on uncertified
> Linux distributions ?
>
> Stable configurations wanted: Linux Distribution, Kernel - #,

libc-#.......

>
> tnx in advance, regards, Guido Stepken
>

Received on Mon Mar 24 2003 - 05:30:09 CST