[SLE] Oracle on SuSE?
Are there plans to distribute Oracle 8i with SuSE in any shape or form? I have the CD from Oracle and found the stuff on suse.com to patch and install it on 6.2. I spent a few hours on it, but it didn't work, and was a horrible experience I wouldn't care to repeat. Clearly it can be made to work, but I wonder if SuSE are looking at some formal method of distributing the product? I just wanted to play with it... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Derek Fountain wrote:
Are there plans to distribute Oracle 8i with SuSE in any shape or form? I have the CD from Oracle and found the stuff on suse.com to patch and install it on 6.2. I spent a few hours on it, but it didn't work, and was a horrible experience I wouldn't care to repeat. Clearly it can be made to work, but I wonder if SuSE are looking at some formal method of distributing the product? I just wanted to play with it...
You mean as rpm's? No, Oracle will only allow the standard Oracle Installer as installation method so far. They are afraid of having different kinds of installation procedures, after all, Linux is just one of the many, many platforms they support. But I don't understand you anyway, because installation is definitely NOT horrible - if you follow the available documentation (i.e. http://www.suse.de/en/support/oracle/ (not needed but recommended) and the Oracle Installation Guide for Linux, which is on the Oracle CD) -- Michael Hasenstein http://www.suse.de/~mha/ Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I have the CD from Oracle and found the stuff on suse.com to patch and install it on 6.2. I spent a few hours on it, but it didn't work, and was a horrible experience I wouldn't care to repeat. Clearly it can be
But I don't understand you anyway, because installation is definitely NOT horrible - if you follow the available documentation (i.e. http://www.suse.de/en/support/oracle/ (not needed but recommended) and the Oracle Installation Guide for Linux, which is on the Oracle CD)
It was the overall experience which was horrible because I spent several very frustrating hours with it and finally gave up without success. I found the link you give above, did the patch and changed the JRE as described. It was a few weeks ago, but if I remember, the Java installer ran OK until the final stage - some form of DB creation wizard? It spat out a "something not found" Java error and died. I pressed on thinking I could do without that wizard for a while, and got into the post-installation phase. I was a nightmare of error messages, classes not found, and a whole load of stuff I couldn't get to the bottom of. Most of it seemed related to the JRE the installer was using, the only Oracle documentation on which said the CLASSPATH variable should be set correctly: see your Linux distro documentation. I didn't have a CLASSPATH, and couldn't find anything about it. I'd had enough and gave up. I followed the documentation I had to the letter so trying again probably won't help. I'll just end up in the same place. Maybe when I have a spare weekend I'll do it all again. In the meantime I bought a book on MySQL... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Derek Fountain wrote: ...
It was a few weeks ago, but if I remember, the Java installer ran OK until the final stage - some form of DB creation wizard? It spat out a "something not found" Java error and died. I pressed on thinking I could
Did you do a 'custom installation', as is recommended (the other two options are slightly buggy).
do without that wizard for a while, and got into the post-installation
You can do without the wizard, simply call it manually after the installation has finished ('dbassist').
phase. I was a nightmare of error messages, classes not found, and a whole load of stuff I couldn't get to the bottom of. Most of it seemed related to the JRE the installer was using, the only Oracle documentation on which said the CLASSPATH variable should be set correctly: see your Linux distro documentation. I didn't have a CLASSPATH, and couldn't find anything about it. I'd had enough and gave up.
It's is not necessary to set CLASSPATH. See above, use 'custom installation'. The only times I saw these errors were with 'typical' and 'minimum' installation and when I used JRE 1.1.7v3 instead of 1.1.6v5.
I followed the documentation I had to the letter so trying again probably won't help. I'll just end up in the same place. Maybe when I have a spare weekend I'll do it all again. In the meantime I bought a book on MySQL...
Anyway, those errors at the end don't really matter. You can call the two tools (dbassist, netasst) manually afterwards and it will work fine. Yes, Oracle is complicated. Powerful and complicated, and it requires lots of reading. -- Michael Hasenstein http://www.suse.de/~mha/ Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998 -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
It was a few weeks ago, but if I remember, the Java installer ran OK until the final stage - some form of DB creation wizard? It spat out a "something not found" Java error and died. I pressed on thinking I could
Did you do a 'custom installation', as is recommended (the other two options are slightly buggy).
Yes, I followed the instructions and recommendations to the letter.
It's is not necessary to set CLASSPATH. See above, use 'custom installation'. The only times I saw these errors were with 'typical' and 'minimum' installation and when I used JRE 1.1.7v3 instead of 1.1.6v5.
I downgraded to JRE 1.1.6 as recommended. A Java and JRE are not really my strong points I didn't know quite what the errors meant or what to do about them.
Anyway, those errors at the end don't really matter. You can call the two tools (dbassist, netasst) manually afterwards and it will work fine.
Yes, Oracle is complicated. Powerful and complicated, and it requires lots of reading.
Indeed. And I'd really like it on my CV, at least so I can say I've had a bit of exposure to it. Maybe I'll give it another try and post to this list before giving up so easily. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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