Oracle 10g on Ubuntu 8.04

Question

I tried to install Oracle 10g on Ubuntu 8.04 followed the steps on this page http://kdevendr.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/installing-oracle-10g-on-linux-mint-and-ubuntu.
When i type sqlplus “/as sysdba”, it said ORA-12547: TNS : lost contact. When i tried to access http://vic4ever-laptop:5560/isqlplus, it didn't work.
Plz help! Thanks.

Answer 1

I've found these two files and what I'm supposed to do ?
These are some errors from the installs...log
INFO: Detecting the IP.....:127.0.1.1
INFO: RunTime Error
INFO: Actual Result: :java.lang.NullPointerException:Exception/Error Occurred
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Not executed <<<<
INFO: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: Prerequisite checks completed : Sat Apr 11 14:36:27 ICT 2009
WARNING: Some recommended prerequisite checks have failed. You might get errors during installation. Do you want to proceed?
INFO: User Selected: Yes/OK
INFO: make: *** [opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/oracle] Error 1
INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ----------------------------------
INFO: Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target 'ioracle' of makefile '/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. See '/opt/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2009-04-11_02-35-06PM.log' for details.
Exception Severity: 1
INFO: The output of this make operation is also available at: '/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/install/make.log'
INFO: make: *** [liborasdkbase] Error 1
INFO: Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target 'all_no_orcl ihsodbc' of makefile '/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. See '/opt/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2009-04-11_02-35-06PM.log' for details.
From make.log
make: *** [opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/oracle] Error 1
/usr/bin/make -f ins_net_client.mk nnfgt.o mkldflags client_sharedlib ORACLE_HOME =/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rm -f nnfgt.*
make: *** [liborasdkbase] Error 1
/usr/bin/make -f ins_rdbms.mk all_no_orcl ihsodbc ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/chmod 755 /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/bin
rm -f oracle dbv tstshm maxmem orapwd dbfsize cursize genoci extproc extproc32 hsalloci hsots hsdepxa dgmgrl dumpsga mapsga osh sbttest expdp impdp imp exp sqlldr rman nid extjob extjobo genezi ikfod grdcscan /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/ksms.s /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/rdbms/lib/ksms.o
make: *** [liborasdkbase] Error 1
/usr/bin/make -f ins_rdbms.mk ipc_udp/rm -f /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib/libskgxp10.so
cp /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib//libskgxpu.so /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib/libskgxp10.so
/usr/bin/make -f ins_emdb.mk collector ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/make -f /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/sysman/lib/ins_emdb.mk relink_exe EXENAME=nmccollector