Error installing Oracle 9i on Fedora Core 4

[Justin Zygmont]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Neshat Afroz wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am trying to install Oracle 9i on Fedora core 4. If I try installing it as
> root then it errors out saying "cannot install as root". When I try
> installing as a user I get the following error:
>
> [neshat at localhost Disk1]$ Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
> /tmp/OraInstall2005-11-30_10-29-31PM/jre/bin/java. Please wait...
> /tmp/OraInstall2005-11-30_10-29-31PM/jre/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error
> while loading shared libraries:
> /tmp/OraInstall2005-11-30_10-29-31PM/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so:
> cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
>
> and then does not do anything. Please suggest as what can be the reason and
> how I can complete the installation.

you have to install as user: oracle   Also you will need certain variables 
set such as $ORACLE_HOME

hope it helps..