Discuss Installing Oracle 10g On Ubuntu Karmic 64 Bit or Otherwise http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:37:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-22 On my install I have /oracle/10g/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1 . ie, in $ORACLE_HOME/lib So is your LD_LIBRARY_PATH set correctly...? LD_LIBRARY_PATH should include $ORACLE_HOME/lib. If you are running it as root perhaps its not set up for this user...? Josh B Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:11:33 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-21 First things first , thanks for a 1A howto which helped me get 10g goning on my ubuntu box going crazy here ! trying to get the OCI client working, and keep getting the following error /home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_3/lib/libocijdbc10.so: libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory files are there and i'm running java as root, x86_64bit java and dbinstall added the ORACLE_HOME/lib to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH and defined ORACLE_HOME must be missing something , can anyone suggest some troubleshooting tips please . art part Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:55:58 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-20 For amd64, you can echo 'vm.hugetlb_shm_group=' >> /etc/sysctl.conf then sysctl -p if you do not want to echo "" > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group Aihua Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:59:40 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-19 Thanks for those kind words...! I've added the link into the second article..! Cheers..! J Josh B Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:52:29 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-18 Apparently my html link has been rejected. Here it is again: http://www.makina-corpus.org/blog/how-install-oracle-10g-full-64-bits-version-not-xe-and-tora-gnu-linux-ubuntu-karmic-910-64-bits Gaël Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:14:25 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-17 Thanks Josh for your great HOWTO which helps me a lot. I had started my own howto before finding yours. I have completed mine with a bit more of common errors descriptions and possible startup issues. I have also linked your page. If you allow, here is another Linux HOWTO on Installing Oracle 10g 64 bits on Ubuntu Karmic 64 bits. With kind regards. Gaaêl, Gaël Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:08:38 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-16 Good to know it worked out for you in the end. I put the following line at the start of $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart export DISABLE_HUGETLBFS=1 So I don't need to do "echo "" > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group". There's a performance hit but I'm only running this on Test / Dev machines. Josh B Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:35:54 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-15 Just writing to drop a line that I have the database working now, and this guide has helped a lot – so big thank you! Anyhow, it turns out I can ignore the mentioned errors about failing to allocate ports if I just want to be able to access the database with remote connection (jndi, oracle client etc..) – and that's fine by me. Here are the things I've had problems with: 1. echo "" > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group : I have to run this as root every time I start oracle as oracle user after rebooting the system. 2. My hostname is ubuntu (just ubuntu), but the ora Listeners has to be: host= ubuntu.local or it doesn't work remotely. I had to '$lsnrctl reload' after editing the Listeners.ora file and then with orcl - remove database orcl10, add database orcl10. Thanks again, Emperor Emperor Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:06:41 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-14 Have you made sure you reloaded with /sbin/sysctl -p...? (Obvious question, I know...) Josh B Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:29:06 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-13 Have you made sure you reloaded with /sbin/sysctl -p...? (Obvious question, I know...) Josh B Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:28:26 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-12 Works now. Got mad and installed entire GUI on server - it seems my xserver Windows client (Xming) didn't forward the final oracle installer screen progress bar. Now I’m stuck with another problem (and Google seems to indicate that it’s quite common): Failed to allocate port(s) in the specified range for the following process(es): JMS 5540-5559,RMI 5520-5539,Database Control 5500-5519,EM agent 1830-1849 These ports are not used, and /etc/sysctl.conf has the correct range. Emperor Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:21:48 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-11 What I mean is that I can't finish the dbca installer. After getting the confirmation window (database called orcl10 will be created - with the options that I selected displayed below) and clicking ok, the installer returns me to the main screen. Subsequently clicking on finish button again produces no results. We’ve installed oracle before, but always on Windows OS with no problems. My DBA says that I should get another window (progress bar?) but my X11 client doesn’t forward anything new and there is no activity. Emperor Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:58:49 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-10 What happens when you try to start Oracle...? DBCA is just used to set-up a new database rather than to start Oracle. You will need to continue to the second part of the guide to actually start Oracle. Josh B Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:42:39 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-9 I got to the dbca part (remotely installing on Windows7 via putty/xming ssh). I can use the gui to configure all options, but when i click on finish – after confirmation, nothing happens. No errors either, I can go back and forth in the installer and the finish button is still clickable. Any ideas? Emperor Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:22:26 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-8 You guys rock! Well done! Can now run 10g and 11g on Karmic. Brilliant! Kubilay Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:41:34 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-7 Maybe it's also worth pointing out that if you're running Compiz (to get fancy Window effects) then the modal dialog box that comes up in Database Configuration Assistant after clicking 'Finish' will be blank, making it impossible to proceed. To fix: Option 1: Turn off Compiz meta-city --replace Option 2: Make Oracle use Java6 (tested and works with dbca, haven't tested with other tools) cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin/jdk/jre/bin mv ./java java.old ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java java JB Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:53:53 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-6 I thought 11g might have been similar. Its good to know that just in case we ever make it off of 10...! Good to know it helped someone-else...! :) Josh B Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:43:32 +0100 http://www.excession.org.uk/blog/installing-oracle-on-ubuntu-karmic-64-bit.html#comment-5 Great guide - thanks. This also works for Oracle 11g on Karmic Koala. For 11g note that the installer will report missing libraries, however if you set the libraries up as indicated in the guide, the subsequent linking step will indeed succeed. Thanks again. JB Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:15:15 +0100