Locator installation scripts XE - md/admin/catmdloc.sql missing

Question

Hi,
just tried to install some spatial tables into my XE edition and it failed.
When tracing back to the origin, I found dat the mdsys schema is empty, and that the createdb.sh install script (Linux) contains this step:
-- Install Spatial Locator
connect sys/oracle as sysdba
create user MDSYS identified by MDSYS account lock;
@?/md/admin/catmdloc.sql
, but the complete directory tree md is missing under $ORACLE_HOME.
Tried to find this directory by installing various editions of XE (Windows, Debian, Centos) West-European or universal, and non of these installations will give me an md directory tree.
In the past this directory did however exists in XE editions (my current 11g R2 doesn't have this problem), can anybody explain this ?
ramon

Answer 1

The messages tell me that you do not have the ORACLE_HOME variable set correctly. This has been discussed umpteen times, but since search is beyond the call of duty, I'll copy/paste one of my recent responses
In Linux and Unix Oracle REQUIRES that variables ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID be set properly. And *nix REQUIRES that an executable be in the PATH or explicitly referenced. The easiest way of setting those consistently and correctly is to source the oraenv routine which is placed in /usr/local/bin by the installer. To use that, and assuming you are using Linux,
1) Find out the ORACLE_SID for your reference
tail /etc/oratab
and note the last line. The first field will be the SID.
2) Source oraenv
. oraenv
[ oracle ]?: enter the SID here
and if you want to put this into a script, enter something like
ORAENV_ASK=NO
ORACLE_SID={enter your SID ehere}
. oraenv
ORAENV_ASK=
Many people will suggest you set these variables in your profile. In the long term that is a bad idea (and DBAs should always be thinking in the long term) since most DBAs end up with a second database, ORACLE_HOME, upgrade or product and oraenv ensures that there will be no conflicts.