ORA-01096: program version (8.0.5.1.0) incompatible with ins

Question

Hi there!
I've installed the oracle 8.0.5.0 standard editition without
any problems. afertwards i wanted to install 8.0.5.1 enterprise
edition. so what i did:
1.) shutting down every database instance, except the listener
which i forgot)
2.) using orainst: removed all products
3.) manually deleted the four mount points
4.) manually deleted /etc/oratab, /usr/local/bin/oraenv
5.) inspected the oracle user environment - and thought no
further changes needed
6.) started orainst of the 8.0.5.1 EE
- everything was installed fine
(net8,sqlplus,jdbc,rdbms,docs,installer,pl/sql)
7.) root.sh (as root)
8.) launched orainst (as oracle user) to create the sid database
9.) database creation failed with the above error (read from
$ORACLE_BASE/admin/EPY1/create/crdbEPY1.lst)
I tried to lauch sqlplus manually - same error ORA-01096.
Now i realized, that i forgot to kill the old listener process -
so i did it now. and started from step 1 with exactly the same
result - version conflict.
question: where are (except under the $ORACLE_BASE) any
references on previously installed oracle systems - how can
i completly remove an installed oracle system ?
hmm, i wonder where an 8.0.5.0 instance should reside?
allright, please help if you know how to handle this situation
thanks in advance
thomas
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Answer 1

allright!
what i did was rebooting the machine (to be sure nothing
of old oracle survives) and everything worked fine.
so what: reset is our friend
thomas willomitzer (guest) wrote:
: Hi there!
: I've installed the oracle 8.0.5.0 standard editition without
: any problems. afertwards i wanted to install 8.0.5.1 enterprise
: edition. so what i did:
: 1.) shutting down every database instance, except the listener
: which i forgot)
: 2.) using orainst: removed all products
: 3.) manually deleted the four mount points
: 4.) manually deleted /etc/oratab, /usr/local/bin/oraenv
: 5.) inspected the oracle user environment - and thought no
: further changes needed
: 6.) started orainst of the 8.0.5.1 EE
: - everything was installed fine
: (net8,sqlplus,jdbc,rdbms,docs,installer,pl/sql)
: 7.) root.sh (as root)
: 8.) launched orainst (as oracle user) to create the sid
database
: 9.) database creation failed with the above error (read from
: $ORACLE_BASE/admin/EPY1/create/crdbEPY1.lst)
: I tried to lauch sqlplus manually - same error ORA-01096.
: Now i realized, that i forgot to kill the old listener process
: so i did it now. and started from step 1 with exactly the same
: result - version conflict.
: question: where are (except under the $ORACLE_BASE) any
: references on previously installed oracle systems - how can
: i completly remove an installed oracle system ?
: hmm, i wonder where an 8.0.5.0 instance should reside?
: allright, please help if you know how to handle this situation
: thanks in advance
: thomas
null