Oracle 8.1.7 installation on Mandrake 9.2 Linux

Question

Hello Oracle Linux experts,
I've got problem with installation of Oracle 8.1.7 on Mandrake 9.2 linux... I know that Mandrake not certified for running Oracle 8i - but may be someone could help ? I managed to install it successfully on 8.x and 9.0 versions
of Mandrake - but 9.2 (currently installed one giving me problems). I could finish the installation - but unfortunately not all oracle modules (including oracle binary) built successfully. And I've got some errors on a linking stage (even if I run setup_stubs.sh - and according to log file generated by this script all modules have been rebuild) Any suggestions ? Am I missing something ? This are the steps that I was using for Mandrake 9.0 and now I am trying the same ones on 9.2:
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This is what I've done:
1. Create oracle installation account (in my case 'ora817' and use 'dba' as primary group) As shell for this account I used 'bash'
2. Create all required directory structure for Oracle installation i.e.
ORACLE_BASE=/apps/ora_817
ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_BASE}/product/8.1.7
3. In home directory of ora817 use create / update file .bash_profile:
---.bash_profile---
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
# PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
# export PATH
# unset USERNAME
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java; export JAVA_HOME
ORACLE_BASE=/apps/ora_817; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_BASE}/product/8.1.7; export ORACLE_HOME
PATH=${PATH}:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin; export PATH
if [${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} == ""]
then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
else
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
fi
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
umask 002
unset LANG
unset LANGUAGE
---.bash_profile---
4. Update / create .bashrc file in the same directory:
---.bashrc---
# .bashrc
# User specific aliases and functions
# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
unset LANG
unset LANGUAGE
unset LC_MONETARY
unset LC_NUMERIC
unset LC_MESSAGES
unset LC_COLLATE
unset LC_CTYPE
unset LC_TIME
unset NLS_LANG
---.bashrc---
Then you would have to logout and login back so that changes take place and that's it - your Oracle Universal Installer will start !!!
Few other notes:
Before installation you would have to make sure that you got Java JDK-1.1.8 - file should be called:
jdk118_v3-glibc-2.1.3.tar.bz2
You could find it on the net.
During installation there will be step when you would have to run file $ORACLE_HOME/root.sh - make sure that you edit this file before execution:
Line 102:
RMF=/bin/rm -f
is changed into
RMF="/bin/rm -f"
and line 156
RUID=`/usr/bin/id|$AWK -F\( '{print $2}'|$AWK -F\) '{print $1}`
is changed into
RUID=`/bin/id|$AWK -F\( '{print $2}'|$AWK -F\) '{print $1}'`
Please note that id command in Mandrake 9.0 linux located in /bin directory and not in /usr/bin !
Also path for 'sed' module should be changed from /usr/local/bin to just /bin
After installation I suggest to unset LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
env variable and install and run glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz package that will relink modules for use with newer version of glibc. Copy this package to $ORACLE_HOME directory, untar it - i.e.
tar -xvzf ./glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gzand then run ./setup_stubs.sh script. (make sure that you do so by the same user that was used during oracle installation)
This file you could get from oracle OTN web site.
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Regards,
Alex

Answer 1

Just some additional information - I think that I found the problem - but no solution so far:
When I am trying to rebuild (relink) oracle (using relink script from $ORACLE_HOME/bin - it worked for all other options apart from 'oracle' and as a result oracle binary in
$ORACLE_HOME/bin is missing....) this is kind of error that I've got:
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- Linking Oracle
rm -f /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/oracle
gcc -o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/oracle -L/apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ -L/apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ -L/apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib//stubs/ -Wl,-E /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/opimai.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ssoraed.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ttcsoi.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/kpuasvr.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/nautab.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/naeet.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/naect.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/naedhs.o /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/config.o -lserver8 -lskgxp8 -lclient8 -lvsn8 -lwtcserver8 -lcommon8 -lgeneric8 /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/defopt.o -lknlopt -lslax8 -lpls8 -lplp8 -lserver8 -lclient8 -lvsn8 -lwtcserver8 -lcommon8 -lgeneric8 -lknlopt -lslax8 -lpls8 -lplp8 `cat /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/nmliblist` -ldbicx8 -ldbicx8 -ljox8 -lserver8 -lwwg8 -lobk `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lclient8 -lvsn8 -lwtcserver8 -lcommon8 -lgeneric8 -lmm -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lclient8 -lvsn8 -lwtcserver8 -lcommon8 -lgeneric8 -ltrace8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lclient8 -lvsn8 -lwtcserver8 -lcommon8 -lgeneric8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lserver8 `if /usr/bin/ar tv /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/libknlopt.a | grep "kxmnsd.o" > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then echo " " ; else echo "-lordsdo8"; fi` -lordts8 -lctxc8 -lctx8 -lzx8 -lgx8 -lctx8 -lzx8 -lgx8 -lordvirt8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 -lcore8 -lnls8 `cat /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/sysliblist` `if [ -f /usr/lib/libsched.so ] ; then echo -lsched ; else true; fi` -Wl,-rpath,/apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib:/lib:/usr/lib -lm `cat /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/sysliblist` `if [ -f /usr/lib/libsched.so ] ; then echo -lsched ; else true; fi` -ldl -lm -ldl `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lnro8 `sed -e 's/-ljava//g' /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/lib/ldflags` -lnsgr8 -lnzjs8 -ln8 -lnl8 -lsql8 -lsql8
/usr//bin/ld: /apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/oracle: hidden symbol `__fixunssfdi' in /usr//bin/../lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.1/libgcc.a(_fixunssfdi.oS) is referenced by DSO
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [apps/oracle/product/8.1.7/rdbms/lib/oracle] Error 1
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Any comments ?