Re: Newbie help for Oracle client installation on Linux

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 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?

Regards

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Yousaf
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