Mounting network drive issues

[t43m4n]

I have a problem on opening a file on a network.

Here is my situation, I have oracle forms installed and running on WINE. My linux machine is on a windows domain which I authenticate myself through Likewise. I've successfully mapped the folder that I want to get the form file(.fmx) which i will be using for oracle forms with and it's already accessible on the desktop. My problem is, I can't just copy the sbis.fmx file to the desktop because it is dependent on other files in that same folder. I tried making a link but it wont allow me saying "target doesn't support symbolic links". My only option is to open the mapped drive inside WINE but the drive isnt there when I run oracle forms under wine.

On windows, map the drive, create a shortcut to the sbis.fmx file to my desktop. I then right click the file and change the target to C:\orant\bin\ifrun32.exe Y:\sbis\sbis.fmx (where the 1st one is the oracle forms executable and the latter is the location of the form on the mapped drive)

I need help. If I dont get this to work, I might push through with our linux migration here in the office.

[Rubberman]

What about running Oracle forms natively on Linux? I haven't tried it myself, but I do run the Oracle 11 Enterprise database on my system, and most (if not all) Oracle tools run natively on my RHEL/CentOS system.

[t43m4n]

Ill give it a try. Im a ubuntu newbie and I tried installing it 2 nights ago to no avail. Thats why I went with the Wine method.

[Rubberman]

To install oracle you need to do it as root, not sudo. Open a command line window and do this to become root:

sudo su -

That's a dash at the end. It will ask you for your password, but then you should get the root prompt (...#). Then, you should be able to run the Oracle installer.

[t43m4n]

Sorry if im going off topic but I dont know how to install tar files. I've extracted it already and im in sudo su - mode in terminal. I've navigated to the oracle folder(the one i extracted) now what? I went to the orainst folder and don't know what to do after...

[t43m4n]

edit: I cant find the configure file for this one.

[Dougal]

Just do a google search for installing tar files. They will vary slightly depending upon what you are installing so pay attention to detail in typing. There may well be instructions for what you want to install on the site where you downloaded the file from...

[Rubberman]

What is the tar file that you have? Also, navigate to the oracle directory you extracted and show what is there. When you extract the oracle tar file, you should get a set of directories such as: 11g-X86_64 or similar, installations, and inventory. Under the 11g-whatever you should see two directories: database and documentation. You might want to view the installation guide. The docs are in html and pdf format. Use whichever format you prefer. Under database, there is a script called runInstaller. That will startup the installer which is a gui application. You can install the components you need from there.

[t43m4n]

I located the orainst folder and ran the orainst file but I can't seem to run it.

See screenshot (cant seem to post http tags since I have less than 15posts):
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for the contents of the extracted file:
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