Santhosh Joseph wrote:
> Friends,
> I'm relativly new to Linux/Java/Oracle. As a first step, i tried to
> install Oracle 8i on my linuxbox (Red Hat 6.2 - which is the downloadable
> version supplied along with a popular magazine ). Fortunatly, the CD carried a
> script file, which installed Java 1.1 in the /usr/bin directory
> (javac,java,jar,javadoc etc. commands). I have no clue regarding installation
> process though I'm able to try out some basic java pograms from any user login.
> I have downloaded a site which explains the installation of Oracle 8i on Linux
> Unfortunatly When I try to install Oracle 8i, i get a message that Java VM
> not started. I have downloaded jre1.1.6, but do not know how to set it's
> parameters so that Oracle installer would work.
>
> Any advice ?
Did you install jre1.1.6 by rpm? I'm not a seasoned guru, but my fix for that
has been to uninstall the rpm and download the source code and build from their
and install the build. It sounds heavy, but it's suprisingly easy for many apps.
It's usually as easy as (in a nutshell):
tar zxvf app.tar.gz
cd into app's new directory
./configure
make
(su to root)
make install
If you have not built anything from source, do it. You will feel the
power and culture of Linux coarse thru your very veins.
Paul
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