Re: newbie: stuck in Oracle 8.0.5 for Linux installation

Verna Legaspi wrote:

> I think I'm stuck trying to install Oracle 8.0.5 for Linux. I'm running
> RedHat 6.0. I'm basically at the "Assest Manager" section, or the Installer
> (please excuse me if I'm using the wrong terminology.) All I get for
> options to install are :
> * Oracle On-Line Text Viewer
> * Oracle Unix Installer
>
> That's with using the unix.prd file in my orainst/ subdirectory. There's
> another one in the directory above it, but it only has :
> * Oracle8 Standard (RDBMS & PLSQL) 8.0.5.1.0
> * Precomp 8.0.5.1.0
>
> If I try to install Oracle8 Standard, get an error message saying something
> to the effect that what I'm trying to install is a patch release to be
> installed with v8.0.5.0.0 of RDBMS. And I get a similar error with the
> precompiler, except it (correctly?) tells me that no compiler is installed.

Look at
http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/
step-by-step instalation instructions Received on Thu Jul 22 1999 - 03:12:12 CDT