Please help: trying to install Oracle 8.1.6.0 on Mandrake 8.1

Question

Hi, I am trying to install Oracle8i that comes with "Oracle for Linux Starter Kit" on Mandrake 8.1. Could someone please give tips or pointer how i can accomplish this? The Universal Installer starts fine, but then a dialog pops up about compiling sqlplus. here is a piece from the log file:
Calling action unixActions1.7.0.17.0 make
     installMakePath = /usr/bin/make
     installMakeFileName = /usr/oracle/sqlplus/lib/ins_sqlplus.mk
     installTarget = install
     undoMakeFileName =
     installArguments = ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle,
     logFile = /usr/oracle/install/make.log
     undoTarget =
Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target install of makefile /usr/oracle/sqlplus/lib/ins_sqlplus.mk
Exception Severity: 1
Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target install of makefile /usr/oracle/sqlplus/lib/ins_sqlplus.mk
Exception Severity: 1
Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target install of makefile /usr/oracle/sqlplus/lib/ins_sqlplus.mk
Exception Severity: 1
Calling action unixActions1.7.0.17.0 make
     installMakePath = /usr/bin/make
     installMakeFileName = /usr/oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
     installTarget = install
     undoMakeFileName =
     installArguments = ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle,
     logFile = /usr/oracle/install/make.log
     undoTarget =
Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target install of makefile /usr/oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
Exception Severity: 1
*** Cancel Dialog: ***
User selected: Stop installation of all products.
Error in invoking target install of makefile /usr/oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
Unable to read /usr/oraInventory/oraInventory/Contents/OracleHomesList.ser. Some inventory information may be lost.
Unable to read /usr/oraInventory/oraInventory/Contents/LibsList.ser. Some inventory information may be lost.

Answer 1

I had the same problem with Oracle 9i on Mandrake 8.1. I am not sure if the same fix will work or not. See my 9i on 8.1 notes at:
http://members.home.net/joseph.j.flynn/oracle.htm
snip---
You will get a link error after all of the copying and unpacking has been done somewhere in disk 3. Leave the error message up on the screen and go edit the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/genclntsh script. Blank out the LD_SELF_CONTAINED env var. Save and execute the script. Hit the retry button on the installer. The alternative approach to this involves downgrading the binutils but that seemed to get awfully messy to me. (thanks to a post from Helmut Seruega for this fix)