topic Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i in Operating System - Linux

Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 05:04:30 GMT

We have HP Proliant ML-350 having Redhat Linux Advance Server 2.1 as operating system.
We have two processors.
The memory is 512MB.

When we run top the CPU utilization is 99.9%during the installation of Oracle 8i.

The installation is running from last 2 hrs as well as the cpu utilization is 99.9% constantly.

Kindly advice.

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Fred Ruffet — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 05:14:36 GMT

Is there a particular reason for you to install 8i ? I believe that RH AS 2.1 was supported for 9i. You may encountered problem if this version of Oracle hasn't be compiled on an equivalent server (kernel/libc).

Regards,

Fred

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:29:33 GMT

Fred,

Many thanks for the advice.

The requirement is to install Oracle8.1.7 on the given system having OS Redhat AS 2.1.

We have applied i386-glibc-2.1-linux.tar.gz
after untar we hid the gcc,cc & ld under /usr/bin & recreated the links.

Also we hid the lib.so, libdl.so , libm.so under /usr/bin

j2sdk-1_3_1_01-linux-i386-rpm.bin was also applied

After doing this we ran the Oracle installer.

We got errors during installation for various mk files errors.

Error's :
1.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
2.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_nau.mk
3.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_precomp.mk

like this for 12 files error was invoked.

We have ignored these errors so that we can run glibc-2.1.3-stubs.tar.gz.

It has a script setup_stubs.sh

which contains
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#!/bin/bash

patch_mk()
{
echo -n " checking file '$1'..."

# remove the temporary file if it exists
if [ -f $1.stub ]; then
rm $1.stub
fi

# if the file to be patched exists...
if [ -f $1 ]; then
# create a new temporary file with the changes
sed -e '/^LDFLAGS=.*-L$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\//n' -e '/^LDFLAGS=/s/-L$(LIBHOME)[[:space:]]\?/-L$(LIBHOME) -L$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\/ /' -e '/^[[:blank:]]$(CC).*-L$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\//n' -e '/^[[:blank:]]$(CC)/s/-L$(LIBHOME)[[:space:]]\+/-L$(LIBHOME) -L$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\/ /' -e '/^LDFLAGS=.*$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\//n' -e '/^LDFLAGS=/s/$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)[[:space:]]\?/$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME) $(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\/ /' -e '/^[[:blank:]]$(CC).*$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\//n' -e '/^[[:blank:]]$(CC)/s/$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)[[:space:]]\+/$(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME) $(LDPATHFLAG)$(LIBHOME)\/stubs\/ /' $1 > $1.stub

# if the sed command actually changed some lines...
if ! diff -q $1 $1.stub 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
mv $1 $1.nostub
mv $1.stub $1
echo -n "patched."
else
rm $1.stub
echo -n "OK."
fi
fi
echo
}

OH=$ORACLE_HOME
RELINK=$OH/bin/relink

if [ -z $OH ]; then
echo "ERROR: ORACLE_HOME is not set in the environment!"
exit -1
elif [ ! -d $OH ]; then
echo "ERROR: ORACLE_HOME is set to an invalid directory!"
exit -1
fi

if [ ! -f $RELINK ]; then
echo "ERROR: $ORACLE_HOME/bin/relink not found."
exit -1
fi

cd $OH

echo -n "Setting up patch files..."
if [ ! -f lib/stubs/libc.so.tmp ]; then
echo "ERROR: $ORACLE_HOME/lib/stubs/libc.so.tmp not found."
echo " Make sure the stub library patch was extracted properly."
exit -1
fi
sed -e "s%__OH__%$ORACLE_HOME%g" lib/stubs/libc.so.tmp > lib/stubs/libc.so

cp -p bin/genclntsh bin/genclntsh.stub
sed -e '/^LD=.*-L${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib\/stubs\//n' -e '/^LD=/s/-L${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib[[:space:]]\?/-L${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib -L${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib\/stubs\/ /' -e '/^LD=.*$(LDPATHFLAG)${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib\/stubs\//n' -e '/^LD=/s/$(LDPATHFLAG)${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib[[:space:]]\?/$(LDPATHFLAG)${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib $(LDPATHFLAG)${ORACLE_HOME}\/lib\/stubs\/ /' bin/genclntsh > bin/genclntsh.stub
if ! diff -q bin/genclntsh bin/genclntsh.stub 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
mv bin/genclntsh bin/genclntsh.nostub
mv bin/genclntsh.stub bin/genclntsh
else
rm bin/genclntsh.stub
fi
echo "done."

echo "Patching makefiles as necessary:"
prodlist=`find $OH -name "*.mk"`
for file in $prodlist; do
patch_mk $file
done

echo -n "Rebuilding client shared library..."
$OH/bin/genclntsh >/dev/null
echo "done."

echo "Relinking executables:"
for mkfile in `find $OH -name "ins_*.mk"`; do
dir=`dirname $mkfile`
file=`basename $mkfile`
pushd $dir >/dev/null
echo -n " running '$file'..."
if [ $file != "ins_precomp.mk" ]; then
make -i -f $file install >/dev/null 2>&1
else
make -i -f $file relink >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
echo "done."
popd >/dev/null
done
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But the installation process is still running for last 3 hours.

Kindly advice if any other procedure to be followed for the installation.

Thanks in Advance.

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Emir Faisal — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:49:27 GMT

Have you setup the proper value for $LD_ASSUME_KERNEL?

Check metalink.oracle.com for any error message and patches. i've tried several combination (rh9+oracle9i, rh9+oracle9ir2, rhas2.1+oracle9ir2, rhas2.1+oracle9iAS, rhas2.1+oracle9iASr2), it works for me.

EF

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:54:44 GMT

There are several tricks, see for example this doc:

http://staff.in2.hr/denis/oracle/817install_rh72_en.html

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:57:03 GMT

Amir,

Thanks for the advice .

The settings are fine.

Is it possible for me to get a procedure for the installation ?

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:50:13 GMT

Amir

The LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is 2.4.9-e.3smp

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:58:04 GMT

you should set export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
but there are more settings - please read manual I sent.

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:08:03 GMT

Vitaly ,

After setting export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5

And taking the help from the manual which you had sent.

I removed all oracle and oracle entries and restarted the installation but it is still giving errors during installation for various mk files errors.

Error's :
1.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk
2.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_nau.mk
3.
Error in invoking target ntcrontab.o of make file /oracle/network/lib/ins_precomp.mk

like this for 12 files error was invoked.

Now after the setup went to netconfiguration it gave the following error:
libclntsh.so.8.0:cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (libnjni8.so)
error loading native library : libnjni8.so
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLink error.jniGetOracleHome
at
at Oracle.net.ca.CmdlineArgs.setOraArgs(Compiled Code)
at Oracle.net.ca.NetCA (Compiled Code)
at Oracle.net.ca.NetCA.main (Compiled Code)

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:04:25 GMT

There is some part with glibc-2.1.3-stubs,
if previous doc forgot it, read this:
http://linuxlab.dk/fcl/technotes/ora_817_3

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:10:44 GMT

Many thanks for the help.

I have a new problem at hand now .

I was successfully able to install Oracle Enterpise Edition (8.1.7).
But as soon as I started creation of database from ./dbassist i received errors as following

1. ORA-01519
2. ORA-00604
3. ORA-01119
4. ORA-27044
5. ORA-01109

And the database creation was aborted.

Do I try reinstalling Oracle and creation of database once again.

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Fred Ruffet — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:48:08 GMT

What are the make error ? You can have them in OraInventory/logs directory.

Regards,

Fred

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:32:50 GMT

There were no make errors.

There was a problem in the DBCA as it was not able to get the files for the installation so I have started the installation again from scratch.

Re: Problems during installation of Oracle 8i

Abhijit_10 — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 02:43:50 GMT

Hi all,

Many thanks to Emir Faisal.

Especially to Fred Ruffet and Vitaly Karasik ,I have been able to install the Oracle database 8.1.7 on Redhat Linux AS 2.1 server successfully.