Re: A Strange Question of Installing oracle 9i on linux7.3

Mladen Gogala wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:44:07 +0000, Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
> > Going from memory, I think you need to downgrade your Java. It seems to
> > me you need JDK 1.3.1
>
> Oracle comes with its own Java and doesn't use system JDK:

Thanks for the reminder about JDK vs jre

>
> $ ls $ORACLE_BASE
> admin doc jre oradata oraInventory oui product
> $ ls $ORACLE_BASE/jre
> 1.1.8 1.3.1
> $

In addition, general install instructions for Oracle 9iR2 on Linux suggest removing non-Oracle-supplied JREs before starting.

> That means that oracle 9.2 comes with 2 JRE engines, 1.1.8 and 1.3.1.
> JRE 1.1.8 is defective and needs to be ammended. While 1.3.1
> produces the following (correct) output:
>
> $ cd $ORACLE_BASE/jre/1.3.1/bin;./java -version
> java version "1.3.1_02"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1_02-b02)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1_02-b02, mixed mode)
> $
>
> 1.1.8 produces unexpected problem:
>
> $ cd $ORACLE_BASE/jre/1.1.8/bin;./jre -version
> jre was not found in /usr/local/java/bin/i686/green_threads/jre
> $
>
> This can be fixed by downloading JRE 1.1.8 from www.blackdown.org
> and installing it in /usr/local/java. The 1.1.8 was the last Blackdown's
> JRE that was actually supported. In my opinion, it outperforms SUN's own
> jre.

Thanks for digging that out. It's been a while since I had too look at it. /Hans Received on Mon Jan 19 2004 - 09:04:09 CST