Installation Linking Errors

Question

Hello, I am installing Oracle 11G on a redhat server. I pass every pre installation test. When the installation gets to 77% it reports an error:
Error in invoking target 'client_sharedlib' of makefile
'/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.9/db_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk' See
/mnt/data/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2008-07-06_05-07-05PM.log' for details.
Last 15 lines of installActions2008-07-06_05-07-05PM.log:
INFO: The output of this make operation is also available at: '/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/install/make.log'
INFO:
INFO: Start output from spawned process:
INFO: ----------------------------------
INFO:
INFO: /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/genclntsh
INFO: make: execvp: /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/genclntsh: Permission denied
make: *** [client_sharedlib] Error 127
INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ----------------------------------
INFO: Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target 'client_sharedlib' of makefile '/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. See '/mnt/data/app/oraInventory/logs/installActions2008-07-06_06-50-19PM.log' for details.
Exception Severity: 1
Here is also the 25 or so lines of make.log:
(if [ "compile" = "assemble" ] ; then \
/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/gennfgt > nnfgt.s ;\
/usr/bin/as -o nnfgt.o nnfgt.s ;\
rm -f /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ;\
mv nnfgt.o /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/libn11.a /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ; fi)
(if [ "compile" = "oratmp" ] ; then \
/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/gennfgt > nnfgt.c ;\
/lib/idcpp nnfgt.c oratmp.c ;\
-i oratmp.c -o oratmp.s -f nnfgt.c ;\
/usr/bin/as -o nnfgt.o oratmp.s ;\
rm -f oratmp.c oratmp.s ;\
rm -f /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ;\
mv nnfgt.o /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/libn11.a /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ; fi)
(if [ "compile" = "binary" ] ; then \
/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/gennfgt > nnfgt.c ;\
TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE= ;\
export TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE ;\
gcc -c nnfgt.c ;\
-rm -f /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ;\
-mv nnfgt.o /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/ ;\
/usr/bin/ar rv /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/libn11.a /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/lib/nnfgt.o ; fi)
/usr/bin/make -f ins_rdbms.mk client_sharedlib ORACLE_HOME=/mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1//mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/genclntsh
make: execvp: /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/bin/genclntsh: Permission denied
make: *** [client_sharedlib] Error 127
All Help is Appreciated!
Thanks!

Answer 1

In my experience genclntsh errors are usually related to glibc version mismatch between what's on the box and what Oracle compiled against.
What's throwing me off right now is your genclntsh error is 'permission denied'. It almost seems like the /mnt/data/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/ has been mounted with the noexec option.
Should have asked earlier ... which RedHat Server? (Version and Edition). I've been assuming you have gone through the Install manual at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/install.111/b32002/pre_install.htm#BABFDGHJ and met all the prereqs, especially the package requirements in section 2.3.3