X86_64 10gR2 install on RHEL4 ES x86_64 fails

Question

After getting the nice new x86_64 10gR2 release, I excitedly unpacked it and ran the installer (after just installing 10gR1 the other day). Everything went along nicely until it failed in linking 'INFO: - Linking liborasdkbase'. Operator error? It seems I had all the prerequisite packages installed. Also, I noticed there was a bin-utils bug noted earlier this year that generated the relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `_memcpy_mem_ops_method' can not be used' message, but I have no idea if that is relevant here.
Two relevant sections of the installer log file:
1. First, just above the final failure, I noticed there was a gcc usage error on libsrvm generation:
INFO: /usr/bin/gcc -o libsrvm10.so -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_Native_getEnvironment -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_Native_getRDBMSVersion -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_UnixNative_startDaemon -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_UnixNative_validateRawDevice -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_UnixNative_getOracleGroup -u Java_oracle_ops_mgmt_nativesystem_UnixNative_getEffectiveGroup -h libsrvm10.so -shared /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/srvm/lib/libsrvm10.a -L/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_
INFO: 1/lib/ -L/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/ -L/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/srvm/lib/ /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/config.o -ldl -lm -lpthread -lnsl -lirc -Wl,-rpath,/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib -lm -ldl -lm -lpthread -lnsl -lirc -lm -lm -L/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib
INFO: gcc:
INFO: unrecognized option `-h'
INFO: /usr/bin/ld: /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib//libirc.a(fast_memcpy.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `_memcpy_mem_ops_method' can not be used when
making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
INFO: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
INFO: mv -f /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libsrvm10.so /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libsrvm10.so0
INFO: mv: cannot stat `/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libsrvm10.so'
INFO: mv -f libsrvm10.so /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libsrvm10.so
INFO: : No such file or directory
make[1]: [isrvm] Error 1 (ignored)
2. And... then the error that killed the build was running genorasdksh:
INFO: - Linking liborasdkbase
INFO: /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/genorasdksh -base
INFO: $Id: genorasdksh.sh 02-mar-2005.16:22:46 mchengjr Exp $
INFO: Generating BASE ORASDK library...
INFO: Creating /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/liborasdkbase.so.10.2
INFO: /usr/bin/ld: /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libirc.a(fast_memcpy.o):
relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `_memcpy_mem_ops_method' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
INFO: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
INFO: /opt/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/genorasdksh: Failed to link liborasdkbase.so.10.2

Answer 1

Hi Owen,
We have experienced the exact identical errors when installing 10g R2 on the same o/s version.
We tested a bypass of that error by clicking continue on the error window and let the install 'complete'.
We then attempted to start an existing 10.1.0.4 instance and the error libkaio.so.1 not found occurred. I then ldd oracle and discovered the /usr/libaio.so.1 was not found. It turns out we downloaded and installed the libaio_64 rpm then executed relink all. The link completed successfully and we were able to start the instance then manually upgrade it to 10.2.0.1.
It's my feeling that the lib file versions (32 vs 64 bit) play a roll in th eerrors occurring during this new install.
We are opening a TAR about the install errors regarding rmem an wmem kernel parameters and the swap space requirements documented and the associated error.
This forum by the way has a faster time to discussion than Metalink does!
Regards,
Tracy Davis
Bonneville Power Administration