Re: Newbie help for Oracle client installation on Linux

"Yousaf" <yousaf_at_NOBLOODYSPAM.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:1057528444.203240_at_ananke.eclipse.net.uk...
> Thanks for the reply Marc,
>
>
> > I'd advise issuing an unset LANG before running the installer and
setting
> > your ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID and CLASSPATH before running
the
> > runInstaller script. I've found under SLES8 (SuSE Linux Enterprise
Server)
> > that for 9i you might need to issue an "export THREAD_FLAGS=native".
>
> Do you mean set all the above in .bash_profile? If so, how?
> Do you mean like this?:
>
> export ORACLE_BASE=/path/to/install/files?
> export ORACLE_HOME=/path/to/where?
> export ORACLE_SID=/path/to/where?
> export ORACLE_BASE=/path/to/where?
> export THREAD_FLAGS=native
>
>
> >
> > It has been a while since my last 8i install but I'm sure that on the
> > install CD from the root there is a "install/linux" directory containing
> > the script runIns.sh - try executing this script directly rather than
> > calling runInstaller. I might have the location mixed up, if so try
"find
> > /cdrom -type f -name runIns.sh -print" replacing cdrom with wherever
> > you've got the CD mounted.
>
> The script is called runInstaller and still gives me the same error.
>
> > Installing Oracle 8i on Linux is a serious pain but achievable with a
bit
> > of effort and "google-ing". If possible I'd recommend giving 9i serious
> > consideration.
>
> Do you mean 9i installation is less painful? I just need the client tools
to

9i is less painful.

> access Oracle 8i server on a windows2k box. If I install 9i client tools
on
> Linux will I be able to access 8i on win2k box?

Yes.

ken k Received on Sun Jul 06 2003 - 21:15:34 CDT