Oracle 8.1.7: Problems of runInstaller

Question

It is my first time to install Oracle8i (8.1.7) on LINUX. I could not run the runInstaller file.
When I typed:
$ . runInstaller
I got a error message: cant run a binary file .
Can someone tell me how to run this file?
PS. I downloaded the linux81701.tar to my PC Windows2000 and burned the file to a CD. Then I extracted the file at Linux using
$ tar xf C <mydirectory>.
Then I tried to run the runInstaller in that directory. Is it the right way to do so?
thanks
James
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Answer 1

Thanks Benjamin,
I tried
$ ./runInstaller
and it works.
but I got new problem, as soon as the runInstaller started, I got a message like "the client was refused by the sever", "can't connect by localhost:0.0"
something like that. I set the display according to the menu:
$DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
$export DISPLAY
but when I tried to do the following:
$xhost +localdomain
it returns some errors:
$ xhost can't connect to localhost:0.0 (something like this)
I. did I set up my DISPLAY currect? since i didn't define my workstation name during RH7.0 installation, I assum my workstation name is "localhost" which allways shown up on top of the penal "[email protected]" or "[email protected]"
II. is there any way to get this set up right?
thanks!
James
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Benjamin Sherman ([email protected]):
Try typing:
$ ./runInstaller
(of course don't type the '$')
also you can try:
$ sh ./runInstaller<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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