Re: Installing Oracle 8.1.7 on Linux

In article <986413133.848107_at_romulus.infonie.fr>,

        "frank.sara" <frank.sara_at_infonie.fr> writes:
> Try this!
>
> Steps for cleaning up after a failed 8i installation:
>
> 1: Backup all important files. (This includes the orainst.loc and init.ora
> files and any data files that have not already been backed up.)
> 2: Remove the $ORACLE_HOME directory.

Did that already (/usr/local/OraHome1)

> 3: Remove the oraInventory directory. (Most of the time it will be in the
> $ORACLE_BASE directory.)

did that too (guess it was /usr/local/oraInventory, but I'm not sure of that. It was the default, that I am sure of ;-)

> 4: Remove the orainst.loc file. This file is in different
> places depending on which OS you have. (Sun is /var/opt/oracle,
> LINUX is in /etc.)

Did that too.

> 5: Check all inviroment variables and shared memory settings.

Did that too. (except for shared memory, but as I understood it, this is only for performance reasons. Not important at all in my situation)

> 6: Re-run runInstaller.

But that doesn't work. Any more ideas?

>
> Definitions of the install directories:
>
> oraInventory The directory where Oracle keeps the information on which
> oracle
> packages are installed. The files in this directory are
> binary
> so they are not modifiable.
> orainst.loc The file that tells the installer where to find the oraInventory
> directory. (You need several copies of this file. One for
> each
> set of binaries.)
> oratab This file keeps the information on which databases are on this
> a system. It also holds the information on which instances
> to start automatically.
>
> good luck!
>
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter_at_rock.dezevensprong.local> a écrit dans le message :
> 0h7aa9.7j2.ln_at_127.0.0.1...

>> I had 8.1.6 on my system until I could not find the right JDBC-drivers
>> for my JDK, but then I discovered that 8.1.7 already had them.
>>
>> So I downloaded the file "linux81701.tar" and tried to upgrade my
>> installation.
>>
>> However, I got an error somewhere halfway (I don't remember which
>> one), so I aborted the installation, with the intention to
>> restart. When I then did that, the installer no longer wanted to run,
>> giving a segfault on every try. It's been some weeks now, I removed
>> every reference to Oracle on my system that I could find, but still no
>> luck. Could anyone help me out?
>>
>> The output of the installer can be found at
>> http://users.pandora.be/wouter.verhelst/output
>>
>> (it's not really much, but quite usenet-unfriendly ;-)
>>
>> --
>> wouter dot verhelst at advalvas in belgium
>> #ifdef NOT_A_GODDAMN_YANK
>> { 0x10, "Minimise Delay" },
>> #else
>> { 0x10, "Minimize Delay" },
>> #endif
>> /* ipchains.c */

-- 
wouter dot verhelst at advalvas in belgium
#ifdef NOT_A_GODDAMN_YANK
	{ 0x10, "Minimise Delay" },
#else
	{ 0x10, "Minimize Delay" },
#endif
/* ipchains.c */