Re: Oracle 7.1.4 & Solaris 2.4

+ In article <ANDY.CAIGER.95Apr27092054_at_yacorba.res.bbsrc.ac.uk>,
+ Andy.Caiger_at_bbsrc.ac.uk (Andy Caiger) wrote:
+
+ + In article <3n1k9c$slq_at_pith.uoregon.edu> Don Lamb
+ + <dlamb_at_adm.sps.lane.edu> writes:
+ +
+ + >During the install, Oracle wants to know the
+ + >location of the libXm.a library. The problem is that Solaris 2.4
+ + >ships with version 1.2.3 of the Motif libraries, which are dynamic
+ + >not static.

You guys may already have found this fix from Oracle, but I got it just this morning so I'll pass it along for anyone else. This is a known bug at Oracle. The bug number is 263146. They have several TARs on it, including mine.

The workaround is as follows:

during the installation, the installer creates a file in your ORACLE_HOME/orainst directory called <unix.stp>. If you wish to do relinking, you must edit that file from another window, before proceeding with the installation. This is to tell the installer to use the dynamic MOTIF and X11 libraries provided with Solaris 2.4. Change the values of the parameters as follows:

LIBMOTIF_DIR  = "/usr/dt/lib"
LIBMOTIF_NAME = "libXm.so"
LIBX_DIR      = "/usr/openwin/lib"
LIBXT_NAME    = "libXt.so"
LIBX11-NAME   = "libX11.so"

All five of these must be modified, not just the one referring to libXm.a.

Cheers.

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