Installation Error of Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition

[Govind]

Hi all
I am trying to install Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition on a HPUX 11.0 System. The installation went through completely But during the linking Phase, I ended up in the error
"Error in invoking target install of the makefile /home/u/oracle8.1.7/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk
"
Press 'Help' For more Information
Press 'Retry' to try again
Press 'Ignore to ignore this error and go on
Press Cancel to stop installation.
Can someone help me out with this?
Regards
Govind

[Tim Sanko]

Please check the permissions and existance of the file on /usr/include/sys/types.h and all the way to the root.


I installed on third Sunday Maintenance last month the same packs, but I downloaded them, and had zero problems.

[Olivier ROBERT]

Hi Govind,

I've had a similar problem during an Oracle 9i installation, during the link phase too. I peeked into the installation logs which told me the cause of the error. It's probably not a big problem, in my case I forgot to add links to shared libraries. In your case, it's probably that your forgot to perform some preinstallation tasks. Anyway, no need to cancel: correct the problem, and click "retry".

Hope this helps,

Olivier

[Govind]

Hi Tim
That File Does exist and is having permissions 444. Could you tell me what exactly Oracle guys did to solve this Problem whenyou guys had it?
I greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks
Govind

[Govind]

Hi Tim
That File Does exist and is having permissions 444. Could you tell me what exactly Oracle guys did to solve this Problem when you guys had it?
I greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks
Govind

[Steven E. Protter]

This problem can happen if you run out of disk space during the installation.

You are actually better off stopping the installation and starting over again.

Make sure the SHLIB_PATH variable has all the required items in the path, especially if they have anything to do with java.

Oracle is very sensitive to environment variables at install time. We actually had to create a directory under our java directory and copy in a dozen or so files so the SHLIB variable worked right.

Of course you've got a patch set after December 2002 and all the additional OS patches, and java patches at http:/www.hp.com/go/java ? Right?

On top of that, the latest linker patches are a must.

Don't ignore the error. If you are in a hurry, you can Ignore but you will have to relink oracle before you use it.

SEP

[Indira Aramandla · Accepted solution]

Hi Govind,

The error you are getting could be because of OS linker utility. This should be fixed by applying a patch, which is a linker update of HP OS.

Before applying the patch, check with Onsite HP Support engineer

Please ensure that the following are true

$LD_LIBRARY_PATH contains the $ORACLE_HOME/lib

$SHLIB_PATH contains the $ORACLE_HOME/lib dir.

libjox8.sl'. does exist in the $ORACLE_HOME/lib.

Regarding the relink problem
ensure that the Kernel parameters MAXDSIZE and MAXDSIZE_64BIT are both set to onsiderably more than the default. MAXDSIZE should be atleast 300M . Also make sure that the swap space is big enough. Add a large chunk of contiguous swap space, for example at least 500Mb. The reason for this is that a 'Typical Install' of Oracle8i Release 3 version 8.1.7 requires approximately 200Mb of reservable swap space during installation, and creates a 250+Mb SGA which can be moved to swap space if there is insufficient real memory available.

The /tmp directory has enough free space as mentioned in the installation guide.
All the required OS patches have been applied on the server as recommended in the installation guide.

Also check the make.log file, along with the environment settings and swap / tmp space setttings.

I hope this helps.

[E Hunter]

'm having the same problem installing a test database (8.1.7 initial install) on an HPUX 11.0 J5000.
I checked my kernel params as Brian Crabtree suggested, and even though his settings (maxdsiz_64bit 0x40000000 ) dont look anything like my settings ( maxdsiz_64bit 1073710824 ) I mimicked his settings. BTW, I did confirm that I am running in 64-bit mode installing a 64bit oracle.
I made sure my SHLIB_PATH included /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib and $ORACLE_HOME/lib as Steve Protter suggested, and checked that I have space on the filesystem for the executable.

Steve, you did mention patches, but nothing specific. I've installed the latest patches from http://www.hp.com/go/java, which were just released this week if I remember correctly,

How do I get the "latest linker patches"? When I go to the ftp site, they're all in by PH**numbers, how do I figure out which are the latest linker patches? I put "linker" in the search field and download about a hundred plus MB's of patches. Is there any in particular that I need?

Watching the swap usage with swapinfo -M, it never got over 30%. libjox8 is in the right place and the /tmp directory has almost twice as much space as oracle recommends.

Looking at the make.log and trying to run the make command therein from the command line gives me the same "out of memory error" that shows up in the log file... not very helpful.

And lastly, when I checked T G Manikandan's link, it lead me right back to this question!

So please tell me, since it says "The problem is resolved" .. what's the resolution?