[SOLVED] Installing Oracle 11g in Ubuntu 9.10

[eng_asa]

Hi

I have just started using Ubuntu 9.10 & I want to install Oracle 11g
I have downloaded the zip files linux.x64_11gR2_database from Oracle website.
When I ran runInstaller, it is giving me this error:

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2010-03-20_01-31-23AM. Please wait ...
Invalid source path '../stage/Components/oracle.jdk/1.5.0.17.0/1/DataFiles' specified for unzip. Unzip command failed. Please check oraparam.ini and specify a valid source path.
: No such file or directory


I don't know whether it is relevant but my JAVA version is:
java version "1.6.0_15"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.1-b02, mixed mode)

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks.

[coopstah13]

do you have unzip package installed?

I would like to add, this may not actually work anyway, its probably not technically supported

[eng_asa]

do you have unzip package installed?

I would like to add, this may not actually work anyway, its probably not technically supported

Yes, I have unzip package installed.
Do you mean that the problem isn't coming from my environment & setting? I mean not due to permissions needed or directories to be created !

[nmset]

I don't think your Java setup is relevant as the installer uses its own Java binaries. There should be a welcome.html file where you have unzipped the package where the installation steps are well explained. It's a process with many system requirements and not really straightforward. (Oracle engineers would say the opposite as the installer goes in many details of the process !)

[eng_asa]

Yes U are right. It was missing Java binaries & I got it from Oracle.
So finally I succeded to pass this problem

But couldn't move forward a lot

oracle@asa-laptop:/media/1cb920c8-7f8e-41ff-ae2d-ebc6542c1a51/database$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 120 MB. Actual 15781 MB Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 1533 MB Passed
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors
>>> Could not execute auto check for display colors using command /usr/bin/xdpyinfo. Check if the DISPLAY variable is set. Failed <<<<

Some requirement checks failed. You must fulfill these requirements before

continuing with the installation,

Continue? (y/n) [n] n

User Selected: No

Exiting Oracle Universal Installer, log for this session can be found at /media/1cb920c8-7f8e-41ff-ae2d-ebc6542c1a51/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2010-03-28_11-30-46PM.log

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I set DISPLAY variable, but still same problem

DISPLAY=192.168.1.4:0.0; export DISPLAY

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I tried to open even simple xclock but failed too

$ xclock
Error: Can't open display: 192.168.1.4:0.0

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I checked Oracle site to get some help and they mentioned the following in prerequisites:

"An X server is required for this installation of Oracle. Note that we must disable the "Deny TCP connections to X server"feature to enable the server database to connect to the desktop. To disable this option from your desktop: go to menu System/Administration/Login Window, then at the Security tab uncheck the option Deny TCP connections to X server. Once this is done it will restart the X server."

& I couldn't find this tab to disable it. all I see is login screen
Also I tried to disable it by editting /etc/gdm/gdm.schemas to put DisallowTCP to false. But still nothing.

I think I have problem in any display with Xserver.
Do U have any idea how to solve that ??

Thanks.

[nmset]

It seems that the host where you want to install the sotware does not have X up after boot.
If you have full control on the host, set it to boot in runlevel 3 if you manage it from another machine, or in runlevel 5 if you manage it locally. How to do that depends on the distro. You must have a minimal xorg installation. There are certainly distro-independant ways to install xorg but I don't know them.

If it's a remote host from a service provider, the latter should point out how to configure the setup to have an X server running.

Just setting a DISPLAY variable without a running X server is useless.

You can check for X binaries on the system with :

which X
which Xorg

It was missing Java binaries & I got it from Oracle.

The Java binaries are in the installer and it extracts them for immediate use. There's nothing more required.

[eng_asa]

Actually I am trying to install it on my laptop, so I have the full control on it.
I have already checked Xorg and it is installed !
asa@asa-laptop:~$ which X
/usr/bin/X
asa@asa-laptop:~$ which Xorg
/usr/bin/Xorg

So how to make it up? even now or at booting ???

[coopstah13]

you are missing the command xdpyinfo, on arch this is provided by package xorg-utils, it could be similarly named on ubuntu

[eng_asa]

I am not sure what U mean, but I have it too.
asa@asa-laptop:~$ which xdpyinfo
/usr/bin/xdpyinfo

[coopstah13]

are you installing on local or remote machine? it seems you are running from remote machine, otherwise running X application should just work

if it is remote, make sure you have X forwarding enabled on ssh server