> > I'm a newbie on Linux/Unix Machine and I would like to install
Oracle8iR2
> on
> > Linux Machine RH70.
> > I found the tutorial on the net about this installation but appreciate
if
> > someone could give me a plain english explanation based on the
instruction
> > bellow.
> >
> > thx
> >
> >
>
############################################################################
> > ###
> >
> > Oracle 8i is not compile/link time compatible with glibc 2.2. It
> > requires the glibc 2.1 compatibility SDK, i386-glibc-2.1-linux.tar.gz,
> > to install under systems based on glibc 2.2, like RedHat 7.0. The
> > following steps work for me
> > 1. Make gcc, cc and ld from the glibc 2.1 SDK available for the Oracle
> > installer:
> >
> > cd /
> > tar xfz ..../i386-glibc-2.1-linux.tar.gz
> >
> > 2. Hide gcc, cc and ld under /usr/bin so that the Oracle installer
> > won't pick it up by accident with
> >
> > # gcc ...
> > # cc ...
> > # ld ...
> >
> > Do
> >
> > cd /usr/bin
> > mkdir saved
> > mv gcc cc ld saved
> > ln -s /usr/i386-glibc-2.1-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-gcc gcc
> > ln -s gcc cc
> > ln -s /usr/i386-glibc-2.1-linux/bin/i386-glibc21-linux-ld ld
> >
> > 3. Hide libc.so, libdl.so, libm.so and libpthread.so under /usr/lib so
> > that the Oracle installer won't pick it up by accident
> >
> > # gcc -L/usr/lib ...
> >
> > since -L/usr/lib tells gcc to search /usr/lib first. Neither -L/usr/lib
> > nor -L/lib are needed under Linux. Do
> >
> > cd /usr/lib
> > mkdir saved
> > mv libc.so libdl.so libm.so libpthread.so saved
> > mv libc.a libdl.a libm.a libpthread.a saved
> >
> > 4. Install Oracle 8i:
> >
> > ./runInstaller
> >
> > 5. Restore /usr/bin:
> >
> > cd /usr/bin
> > rm -f gcc cc ld
> > cd /usr/bin/saved
> > mv * ..
> > cd ..
> > rm -rf saved
> >
> > 6. Restore /usr/lib:
> >
> > cd /usr/lib/saved
> > mv * ..
> > cd ..
> > rm -rf saved
> >
> > Comments on Oracle installation:
> >
> > 1. -L/lib and -L/usr/lib should be removed for Linux. They are not
> > necessary under Linux and may cause problems for the glibc 2.1 SDK.
> > 2. /lib:/usr/lib should be removed from -Wl,-rpath for Linux. They are
> > not necessary under Linux and may cause problems for the glibc 2.1 SDK.
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