Re: Help me, i m unable to install oracle 9i on redhat 9.0

Rohit wrote:

> i tried to install oracle 9i on redhat 9.0 2.4.20-8 , prerequisit is
> java run time environment jre1.4.1 for gcc3.2 , so i installed ( them
> in /usr/local , after downloading jre1.4.1 and jsdk1.4.1 from
> blackdown.com and copying them to /usr/local )that and added the path
> of both jre1.4.1 and jsdk1.4.1 as per the instructions form blackdown
> website.
>
>
>
> when i checked my paths i.e % echo $PATH , i received this output..
>
> /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.1/bin:/usr/local/j2re1.4.1/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/student/bin
>
>
> after doing this i tried to install oracle 9i on it , and received
> these messages........
>
>
>
> Initializing Java Virtual Machine from /tmp/OraInstall0/jre/bin/jre.
> Please wait...
> /tmp/OraInstall0/jre/bin/../lib/i686/green_threads/libzip.so: symbol
> errno, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time
> reference (libzip.so)
> Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
> Could not create Java VM
>
>
>
> plz help me , what is the problem.......
>
>
> thanks in advance.....

If you are talking RDBMS here, jre is *not* are prerequisite. Au contraire - it will mess up things...

In a nutshell:
Downgrade some dev packages:
as root: # rpm -Uvh --force glibc-2.3.2-5.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm

As oracle: *** Remove the "-z defs" from $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/lib/env_sqlplus.mk
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/gen/genclntsh

Edit $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk,
go to "INSO_LINK =", and add a "$(LDLIBFLAG)dl" That will ensure correct relinking.

If you're installing 9iAS - forget the above

-- 
Regards, Frank van Bortel