Oracle 8.1.7 + RedHat 7.3 installation success
After several days of work, I succeded in installing Oracle 8i on RedHat 7.3.
1)You can proceed like usual for the account + groups creation.
2)Make the oracle directory.
3)This is what i add in my /home/oracle/.bash_profile
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PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
unset USERNAME
unset LANG
unset LC_CTYPE
unset RC_TYPE
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
source /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-env.sh
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product; export ORACLE_HOME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_SID=LNX; export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_TERM=vt100; export ORACLE_TERM
export NLS_LANG=french_france.WE8ISO8859P15
PATH=$PATH:/u01/app/oracle/product/bin; export PATH
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4)This is the package you MUST have!! (there are all on CDS - 7.3. On my computer there were already installed except the third)
compat-libstdc++-6.2-2.9.0.16
compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2
compat-libs-6.2-3
compat-egcs-6.2-1.1.2.16
5) You must edit your file /etc/hosts and add the line of your global database name. My SID is LNX so my global database name is LNX.mathias.pc because mathias.pc is my domain. This is my /etc/hosts:
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[root@lnx math]# more /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 lnx.mathias.pc lnx localhost.localdomain localhost LNX.mathias.pc
192.168.0.2 LNX.mathias.pc
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6) I also download jre_1.1.6-v5-glibc-x86.tar.gz and install it in /usr/local.
7) I runed the installer under oracle. Choosed custon installation and didn't select "oracle intermedia component" because it's buguy.
8)Installation OK
9)Link OK
10)Net-8 assistant (default choice) OK
11)execute patchset in $ORACLE_HOME OK
12)Type "dbassist" under oracle to create your database (choosed default copy from cdrom) OK
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If you do not proceed like this you'll get error ORA-03113 or ORA-03114 & file control error during the database creation assistant.
Have a nice day
Mathias From France