Re: Oracle9i on Linux

I've been trying to get 8i running on RH 7.1 with no luck. I run the install, it looks like it should work(no error message), but the install doesn't open up? Ever run into anything like this?

"Claus L. Rasmussen" <clr_at_cc-consult.dk> wrote in message news:3b2e2a45$0$4663$ba624c82_at_nntp01.dk.telia.net...
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> CSC wrote:
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> > Can I install Oracle9i on Redhat 7 ?
>
> You can install Oracle9i on RedHat 7.1 (don't know about RedHat 7.0).
>
> But you need to upgrade/downgrade the binutils package. Some people have
> reported success by downgrading binutils to the version supplied with
> RedHat 7.0, but I managed to get through by upgrading to the binutils
> version 2.10.91.0.4-1 available in .rpm format from
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> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/
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> (I know there is newer versions of binutils, but this one works for me).
>
> Do NOT do any of the procedures documented to get Oracle8i running on
> RedHat 7.1 - in fact RedHat made some modifications to the binutils
> package to get Oracle8i run on RedHat 7.1, but the very same modifications
> now prevents Oracle9i from installing cleanly.
>
> Do RedHat and Oracle talk to each other at all ??
>
> -Claus
>
Received on Wed Jun 20 2001 - 11:58:42 CDT