Slackware/ Oracle

Question

I'm having a terrible time with installing Oralce on our
Slackware Intranet Server.
The System is 2.0.34 #6 Thu Jun 3 08:13:27 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
and I've recompiled the kernel according to the installation
My env for Oracle
intranet:~$ env
LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s
ignoreeof=10
HOSTNAME=intranet.dental.nyu.edu
LOGNAME=oracle
ORACLE_SID=ORCL
MINICOM=-c on
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/lib
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracleTERM=xtermHOSTTYPE=i386PATH=/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/
in:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/andrew/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/games:.:/usr/lib/teTeX/bin:/u01/app/oracle
product/8.0.5/bin
HOME=/home/oracle
SHELL=/bin/sh
LS_OPTIONS= --color=auto -F -b -T 0
PS1=\h:\w\$
HZ=100
PS2=>
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/qt/include:
USER=oracle
TMPDIR=/var/tmp
MANPATH=/usr/local/qt/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/openwin/m
n:/usr/lib/teTeX/man
LESS=-M
ORACLE_TERM=vt100
QTDIR=/usr/local/qt
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5
HUSHLOGIN=FALSE
OSTYPE=Linux
OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/qt/lib:SHLVL=1
My Env for Root
LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s
ignoreeof=10
HOSTNAME=intranet.dental.nyu.edu
LOGNAME=root
ORACLE_SID=ORCL
MINICOM=-c on
SSH_TTY=/dev/ttyp4
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/libORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracleTERM=xtermHOSTTYPE=i38
PATH=/usr/local/qt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/andrew/bin:
usr/openwin/bin:/usr/games:.:/usr/lib/teTeX/bin:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin
HOME=/root
SHELL=/bin/sh
LS_OPTIONS= --color=auto -F -b -T 0
PS1=\h:\w\$
PS2=>
CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/qt/include:
USER=root
TMPDIR=/var/tmp
MANPATH=/usr/local/qt/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/openwin/m
n:/usr/lib/teTeX/man
LESS=-M
ORACLE_TERM=vt100
QTDIR=/usr/local/qt
DISPLAY=intranet:18.0
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5
SSH_CLIENT=128.122.223.103 1014 22
OSTYPE=Linux
OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwinLIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/qt/lib:
SHLVL=1
It is JUST NOT INSTALLING.
I have glibc added from package tool.
I had created
/u01
/u02
/u03
/u04
lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 18 Jun 3 12:33 u01 ->
/usr/local/var/u01/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 18 Jun 3 12:33 u02 ->
/usr/local/var/u02/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 18 Jun 3 12:33 u03 ->
/usr/local/var/u03/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 oracle dba 18 Jun 3 12:33
u04->/usr/local/var/u04/
It is dieing on the linkage and is not making a RDM executable
---- grrrrrrr
I HATE NOT HAVING SOURCE CODE.
All I have is these sensless warnings.....
There is some error to do with Names linking and
this is in the log.
- Linking and installing Oracle8 Standard (RDBMS)
executables
701 -
702 (( OIERR-SYSTEM: make -f ins_rdbms.mk
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5 install ))
703 --------------[ rdbms.ins 2640
704 Action: Relinking Error. The executables for Oracle8
Standard (RDBMS) were not made successfully. Please check the
log file (/u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/orainst/install.log) and
repeat the installation procedure for Oracle8 Standard (RDBMS).
705 --------------[ rdbms.ins 2643
]---------------------------------------------~~
I've poured over everything I could read on this subject.....
The manual needs a complete rewrite. I tried the how too's and
followed News groups etc.
There must be a way to do this, if the Installlation program made
any sense whatsoever.
Ruben
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Answer 1

Ruben I Safir (guest) wrote:
: I'm having a terrible time with installing Oralce on our
: Slackware Intranet Server.
Well, to warn you, we are dyed in the wool Slackware enthusiasts
for our servers, but it was a 2 week battle to get the glibc
upgrade and then the oracle installed. Got it done, and I should
have documented all the requirements, but I didn't..
Save yourself some grief for now, slap up a second machine to
just handle the server, and drop in a Redhat distro.. (Make sure
to button it up)
To be warned, you can't just install the glibc libraries
haphazardly, some of the paths are hardcoded into the oracle
distro.. and make sure you have the tk files required..
Suggest some of the exellent mailing lists that are popping up,
with oracle on linux. There you might get more help on
installation using Slackware. My next try is to see if I can get
one running on the new 4.0 Slackware
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