Tools 8.50 on Debian / Ubuntu

Question

Hi,
Has anyone tried installing tools 8.50 on a debian / ubuntu system?
  ( yes, I know this is not supported )
  ( yes, I know I could use Oracle Enterprise Linux )
Oracle, WebLogic and Tuxedo all seem to run ok, so if I can get the database loaded it should all be good, yes? But I'm having problems with the installer, and it looks a bit like some kind of shell issues.
First attempt:
  $ . psconfig.sh
  $ chmod +x setup/PsMpDbInstall/InstData/setup.linux
  $ setup/PsMpDbInstall/setup.sh
This runs through the first few sql scripts (very quickly) as far as connect.sql, but then falls over with a "File not found: .../scripts/hr91dmoora.dms" script (HR91DMO is the SID/database). However, looking at the log files, none of the sql scripts actually ran. They all fell over with "sqlplus: command not found", despite entering the correct path for the sqlplus binary when prompted.
Second attempt:
  $ export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/dbhome1
  $ export ORACLE_SID=HR91DMO
  $ PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
  $ . psconfig.sh
  $ chmod +x setup/PsMpDbInstall/InstData/setup.linux
  $ setup/PsMpDbInstall/setup.sh
This time the runCreatedb10.sh script runs for a while, but the installer gives "Error while creating database", and stops. Checking the log file shows no errors:
  Database created.
  SQL> spool off
  SQL> exit
  Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
So it looks like there are some kind of shell problems: variables not being set / passed to other scripts; exit codes being incorrectly interpreted.
  $ /bin/sh --version
  GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them. Otherwise, it looks like the manual, run-them-all-by-hand approach!
Cheers,
Barney

Answer 1

Ok, so there were a couple of problems:
1. I had some old deprecated commands in my init.ora file. These caused Oracle warnings in the create script, which Oracle ignored and happily created the database, but the PeopleSoft installation script barfed on. Was nothing to do with shell processing at all. Cleaning these up sorted that out.
2. Then needed to set a couple of Tuxedo environment settings for Data Mover to run. Should have guessed this from "Data Mover on the UNIX platform has a dependency on the Oracle Tuxedo software." Unfortunately, these aren't really documented until chapter 8 of the installation guide, whereas I was still on chapter 7B. What - you want me to read all 700+ pages before starting... ;-)
So looking good now. Installing the HRMS data (is it HRMS or HRCS???), then just a couple more steps to go. Only 14822 records remaining...
[Nicholas]
Since you're on a non-supported OS, it would be better to follow the manual database creation steps.Yep - I did start to go down that route, but then I was writing my own script to automate things to make it repeatable, and it all just seemed better to try and get the delivered ones to work. Also, unless I'm missing something here, steps in an appendix entitled "Creating a Database Manually on UNIX" which refer to " Setting NLS_LANG in the Windows Registry" just confuse me!
[Jim]
can you put up a wiki describing the stepsSure. Never actually added anything to a wiki before, but sure I can get something up there. Will post back here when something's there.
Cheers,