[lug] Oracle 9i install on Redhat 9

[Hugh Brown]

On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 19:31, Joseph P. Crotty wrote:
> hey gang,
> 
> I installed Oracle 9i (v9.2.0.1) on a Redhat 8 box in a pretty sizeable battle,
> but it worked for the most part.  I upgraded the box to Redhat 9 and all hell
> broke lose, mostly complaints about GLIBC2 from Java visa vie Oracle.
> 
> So, in a panic I uninstalled the whole thing (i.e. it was just an empty database
> I put on to get some practice doing Oracle/Linux installs and running OEM) and
> tried a fresh install and now I am really up a creek.  The install hangs with 0%
> complete while trying to copy a README file.  Be happy to provide more
> details...
> 

Oracle is pretty picky about what is "supported."  You'll notice in the
release notes for RH 9 that they are using a new threading model and
that, java may  have problems with it.  

Try export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 in your shell and then run the oracle
installer script from that terminal.

If that doesn't work, try export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5

For something that is supposed to be so wonderful, oracle sure is a pain
to install.

There may be other hints in the release notes that may provide insight
into the install problem.  You could also try running the installer via
strace to see where it is hanging up.

Hugh