Oracle 9i install error on FC3

[Jean Francois Martinez]

Installing on Fedora 3 is not that easy but possible: I did it...
last Friday.  

First: the jdk included with Oracle will not work

Second: go to oracle-base.com and follow the instructions for Fedora
Core1. 

Third: You will have an easier time if you use 9.2.0.4

Fourth: Oracle 9i CANNOT be linked with the libraries used by gcc 3.4
I didn't try (because it will not work) to use gcc 3.3 through the
compat libraries from Fedora 3.  Instead I used gcc 2.96 through
the compat libraries from Fedora 2.  You will also need the compat-db
package for the Apache 1 web server included in Oracle.  Since the
compat-db from Fedora Core 2 had dependency problems I installed
the one from Core 3.    

Fifth: Be sure to apply the patches as told in oracle-base.  In
particular the one related to libc-wait.  Otherwise the net config
will fail (stinking Java rides again)

Sixth: I had problem when typing passwords in the manager since it only
took the first character in the password.  But in another box I didn't
had that problem.  Difference could be that the second box was running
xfce instead of gnome.

Seventh: Before installation be sure to bookmark http://oracle-base.com
and http://puschitz.com in your browser since they have looooots of tips
about using oracle on Linux.


On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 12:29 +0530, gaurav wrote:
> Hi list,
>            I am getting following error during oracle 9i installation on fc3
> "Error in invoking target install of makefile 
> /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk"
> 
> I have tried following
> 
>     * Edited the file $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk, go to "INSO_LINK
>       =", and add a "$(LDLIBFLAG)dl" to the line and save it.
> 
>     * Edited the file $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk again, go to
>       "INSO_LINK =", remove the above entry you made and add a "`cat
>       $(LIBHOME)/sysliblist`" to the line and save it.
> 
> its still giving same error ...has anybody solved this problem while 
> installing oracle 9i ? pl help me!!
> 
> regards,
> gaurav
> 
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