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Can't do a local install of Oracle Developer Studio 12.6 on Linux

user-axoesMar 7 2023

Hi,

I'm trying to install ODS 12.6 on my ArchLinux box in my home directory under ~/.local.

With the following call:

./developerstudio.sh --verbose --non-interactive --javahome "/usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime" --silent-logs-dir "/tmp/nbi" --installation-location "/home/someuser/.local"

I get this error message:

...
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> Prepare Application arguments...
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> ... resolving string :  --non-interactive --silent-logs-dir /tmp/nbi --installation-location /tmp/ods-bin/pkg/ods-bin
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> ... resolved  string :   --non-interactive --silent-logs-dir /tmp/nbi --installation-location /tmp/ods-bin/pkg/ods-bin
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> Final application arguments :  --non-interactive --silent-logs-dir /tmp/nbi --installation-location /tmp/ods-bin/pkg/ods-bin
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> Running main jar...
Running the installer wizard...
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> Running command : /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-jdk/bin/java  -Xmx256m -Xms256m -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp -classpath /tmp/.nbi-2030350.tmp/bundle.jar org.netbeans.installer.Installer  --non-interactive --silent-logs-dir /tmp/nbi --installation-location /tmp/ods-bin/pkg/ods-bin
[2023-03-07 12:03:53]> Running command : /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-jdk/bin/java  -Xmx256m -Xms256m -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp -classpath /tmp/.nbi-2030350.tmp/bundle.jar org.netbeans.installer.Installer  --non-interactive --silent-logs-dir /tmp/nbi --installation-location /tmp/ods-bin/pkg/ods-bin
Cannot create local directory: /root/.nbi
[2023-03-07 12:03:54]> ... java process finished with code 255
Errors were encountered during the installation.
[2023-03-07 12:03:54]> Removing directory /tmp/.nbi-2030350.tmp
[2023-03-07 12:03:54]> exitCode = 255

I had a look inside the developerstudio.sh bundle and am surprised that the nbilog is hardcoded to /root/.nbi for Linux systems. I can change the path by setting ALT_ROOT_PATH but I don't think this would have the desired effect on Linux (the flag for this is disabled anyway).

I really can't install ODS using root, is there some way to change the nbilog path or simply skip this step?

Thanks,
Hans

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