Oracle 8i on Linux - Installation Successful in spite of hard-coded
My Linux is Slackware 7.1 (Kernel 2.2.16) standard.
1) Download linux81710.tar;
2) tar -xvf linux81710.tar;
3) cd Disk1/install;
4) cp linux/runInstaller .;
5) ln -s yourJDK118/bin Disk1/install/bin; (I used JDK118 from IBM site)
6) ln -s yourJDK118/lib Disk1/install/lib;
7) set environment variables of Oracle need;
8) read Installation Manual for one thing;
9) In XWindow environment open Terminal and run --> ./runInstaller
enjoy!!!