.bash_profile

Wasim Haider · 09-16-2002, 02:15 AM

I use HedHat Linux 7.3 and want to install Oracle 8i. In pre-installation of Oracle 8i, .bash_profile of oracle home directory has to been changed.

But, I can't find this .bash_profile in the oracle home directory. Pls, help.

Wasim H Chowdhury

Thanks, it has been solved.

doublefailure · 09-16-2002, 03:23 AM

if there's no .bash_profile
you can just make one
there's no magic around the file..

but make sure you don't have it
as oracle
type cd
and ls .bash_profile

if there's no file,
you can just make one with any text editor

or you could try
make oracle user again
# userdel -r
# useradd -m
# su - oracle
$ ls .bash_profile

if there's not the file, make one with editor

j-ray · 09-16-2002, 07:12 AM

is it possible u misunderstood what u have to edit?
maybe u have to add a ORACLE_HOME_DIR or sth like that to your
/home/username/.bash_profile or /.bashrc
seems more likely to me.
sth like
export ORACLE_HOME=/path/to/your/oracle
after u have saved that u may
'source /home/username/.bash_profile'
to make the environment variable visible to your system
but i may be wrong...
good luck,
jens