Comments on: Installing Oracle 11g on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)

By: Augusto Bott

Augusto Bott — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:51:43 +0000

@Ruben, Did the database started on boot? Try logging in as the oracle user, then running SQLplus as SYSDBA and typing startup. Cheers!

By: Augusto Bott

Augusto Bott — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:49:01 +0000

@Jude,

Are you sure you’re using bash and not dash(step 6)?

Cheers!

By: Augusto Bott

Augusto Bott — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:46:47 +0000

@Helen, What I meant exactly is: you can skip the SSH part. Do not skip steps 4 or 5, otherwise your setup will most likely fail. Regarding md5sum and cksum, I'd suggest reading the man page for those commands. Cheers!

By: Ruben

Ruben — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:05:54 +0000

instructions worked fine..however, after reboot I’m unable to connect. Any ideas why

By: saleem

saleem — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:42:44 +0000

@Bob,

The xhost + helped a lot. Thanks mate.

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:50:05 +0000

Also, when I run the Installer I get the ff error:

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 80 MB. Actual 28724 MB Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 1466 MB Passed

Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors >>> Could not execute auto check for diplay colors using command /usr/bin/xdpy info. Check if the DIPSLAY variable is set. Failed<<<<

When I use a different account the third check Passes but then when I’m logged in as Oracle it Fails.

By: Jude

Jude — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:38:56 +0000

I have the same problem as Bob, I did the echo $DISPLAY and it displays :0.0, also I tried using my IP address ‘DISPLAY=192.168.43.129:0.0; export DISPLAY’ and it displays ‘192.168.43.129:0.0′ when I type echo $DISPLAY but I still get the same error as he has. Also, when I’m logged in as another and run the Installer it works fine it shows the installer dialog and everything but then the user is not oracle so I could not do anything to the database. Any ideas out there?

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:12:18 +0000

Thank you for the reply.

For step 2; all I have to do is go to a terminal window - type md5sum

I am installing Oracle 11g on my laptop. Which steps should I be doing to get Oracle installed? You mentioned to skip the ssh part. I guess I skip step 4 and step 5.

By: Augusto Bott

Augusto Bott — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:56:39 +0000

@Bob,

Please double-check your command-line for typos:
bott@mybox:~$ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
bott@mybox:~$

Cheers!

By: Augusto Bott

Augusto Bott — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:45:55 +0000

@Helen,

On your Ubuntu box you can use md5sum filename and cksum filename on step 2. On any Linux box, you find out how your network interfaces are set up by running ifconfig (step 3). The command for the “actual connection” to be made is actually the first line: ssh user@192.168.x.y, where 192.168.x.y is the IP address of your Ubuntu box. I guess you’re trying to install Oracle on your own notebook, right? Just skip the ssh part of this tutorial (but keep the export DISPLAY and other IP-related stuff).

Cheers!