Oracle 8i Linux install problems (JRE)

From: willp007us <willp007us_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:03:02 -0500
Message-ID: <pan.2002.02.18.14.02.58.357147.20888@yahoo.com>

I'm trying to install the Oracle 8.7.1 client utilities on a web server that is going to connect to a remote database. I'm stuck on the initial install. When running the runInstaller script the process never seems to progress and stays stuck on the following response:

Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/linux/bin/jre. Please wait.

While checking the process table I see that there are four processes related to this install. Here's the output:

000 S oracle   21577 21435  0  69   0    -   362 wait4  13:52 pts/1    00:00:00 ./runInstaller
000 R oracle   21578 21577 99  80   0    - 68026 -      13:52 pts/1    00:00:11 /d0/downloads/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/l
040 S oracle   21582 21578  0  69   0    - 68026 do_pol 13:52 pts/1    00:00:00 /d0/downloads/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/l
040 R oracle   21583 21582 99  78   0    - 68026 -      13:52 pts/1    00:00:11 /d0/downloads/Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.1.8/1/DataFiles/Expanded/l

In the /tmp directory I see the OraInstall directory but it's empty.

Installation Info:

Redhat Linux 7.2 Kernel 2.4.7-10smp #1 SMP Installation Distribution: Oracle8i Release 3 (8.1.7.0.0)

Things done:

Checked if I was able to forward X11 packets (xclock worked)
Made sure all of the required executables where installed such as make, mn, etc.
Created the Oracle user and Dba group
Modified profile to include necessary environment variables such as ORACLE_HOME

If anyone has any ideas I would sure appreciate them. Thanks. Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 13:03:02 CST