Re: [TCLUG:7335] Oracle 8i

[Eric T Raarup <raar0004@tc.umn.edu>]

I think you might want to try getting the jre 1.1.6.  I tried it with 1.2
as well and ran into installation problems right off the bat, then I
installed 1.1.6 and the installation worked.

HTH

Eric  


On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Brady Hegberg wrote:

> I'm trying to install Oracle 8i.  After a week of work I finally got the 
> damn thing downloaded from oracle's motherless son of a dog ftp site.  Now 
> when I try to install it I get:
> 
> Initializing Java Virtual Machine from <blah blah>  Please wait...
> Error in CreateOUIProcess(): -1
> : Not a directory
> 
> Also the instructions tell me to "su root" before running the installer but 
> when I try that it says the installation cannot run as root.
> 
> I know this is probably a longshot but I thought I'd see if anyone here has 
> had similar problems before I make the attempt to get an answer from my 
> Oracle contact.  Oh, one more thing.  The instructions say to install the 
> jre version 1.1.6.  I read this wrong and installed 1.2.  I wonder if this 
> could be a problem?
> 
> Brady
> 
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