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   Don't set your classpath in the .bash_profile. Leave the classpath out, then   
   try it again.   
   You only need a few parameters to install a database,   
   and 9i doesn't need classpath.   
      
      
   "Aquarius2431"  wrote in message   
   news:c2d830c4.0307310240.4a43f262@posting.google.com...   
   > "Skeleton Man"  wrote:   
   >   
   > > My problem appeared to be that I hadn't   
   > > symlinked awk, basename, and sort (which   
   > > reside in /usr/bin), so Oracle was expecting   
   > > to find them in /bin and couldn't..   
   >   
   > I am getting the same error that you initially reported (see below)   
   > When I run dbca.   
   >   
   >   jre was not found in   
   > /opt/oracle/oracle.swd.jre/bin/i386/native_threads/jre   
   >   
   >   
   > > Once I fixed the symlinks and re-ran the   
   > > installer the problem dissapeared.   
   >   
   > I installed Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 on Redhat Linux 8.0 and none the above   
   > seems relevant there? At least the non-existence of these symbolic   
   > links doesn't appear to be the problem (the first is linked correctly,   
   > and the second two are in /bin so don't require to be linked).   
   >   
   >   
   > > I was told that lack of memory may be the cause,   
   > > but the server has 320MB  RAM and a 1.5GB swap...   
   >   
   > I think you were reporting the above against a later error. But I have   
   > 2 Gb of RAM on a Pentium P4 and haven't got this to work yet.   
   >   
   > On the initial Oracle install I got a generic error when it should   
   > have run dbca to create the database. I suspect it is an environment   
   > issue (something I haven't set up correctly). If anyone has seen this   
   > or knows the cause I would surely appreciate hearing from you! :)   
   >   
   > Thanks!,   
   >   
   > Lawrence Kennon (aquarius2431@yahoo.com)   
      
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