Hi guys,

I have tried to install a copy of oracle on my Suse 10.0 64bit system. I have followed several installation guide including the guide on Novell's site on installing oracle 10g on Suse 10.0 (but I think it refers to the 32bit system), I have made sure that I setup all the memory, swap, temp and other requirement correct, and also tried to to "linux32 bash" to simulate 32bit to install 32bit Oracle 10g, tried replacing gcc with "gcc -m32". My attempts to install oracle 9i (linux 64 bit), oracle 10g (linux 64bit and linux 32bit) all failed for various failing invoking some target in make file.

Are there anyone who have successfully installed Oracle on SUSE 10.0 AMD64 platform?

Many thanks in advance.

Hi,

please have a look at www.oracle.com - here you can join the OTN (Oracle Technical Network) giving
you access to the complete documentation and trial versions. OTN Membership is free. I remenber that
there is some documentation available for 64 bit systems.

Good luck

Martin

Hi Foojoy,

I had many of the same issues you are experiencing when I attempted the installation of Oracle 9i on SuSE 9.1 Enterprise 64-bit. The instructions below will step you through the correct options for the installation of SuSE 9.1 Ent 64-bit. This should allow a flawless installation of Oracle 9i.

Here are the things I did when I installed SuSE 9.1:

1) Make sure to start the install from the SuSE Linux Service Pack 2 CD #1.
2)When the "Installation Settings" screen appears, select Software.
select [Detailed Selection]
2.a) on the left side of the screen, highlight the C/C++ Compiler & tools (do not check the box, just highlight the entry). Now select the following packages:

-> db-devel
-> gcc
-> glibc-devel
-> glibc-devel-32bit

also (cpp) should be selected. Do a search and make sure it is. Click [Accept]

2.b) You may get a dependency screen pop-up, just click [Continue]
2.c) You may also want to do partitioning if desired, and modify your date and time.
3) You are now ready to start the install of SuSE Linux 9.1 64-bit. Click [Accept]
3.a) click the [Yes, Install] button
4) You will be asked to insert Service Pack 2 CD
5) You will be asked to insert SuSE Linux CD 1
6) You will be asked to insert SuSE Linux CD 2
7) You will be asked to insert SuSE Linux CD 3
8) The system will now reboot
9) Enter a password for root
10) Set up your network connectivity by selecting [Network Interfaces]
11) Once your network is defined, you will be asked if you want to test the connection to the internet. Select [Yes]
12) click [Next]
13) DO NOT run Online Updates at this time!!!
13.a) select [No, skip update]
13.b) click [OK]
14) On the Service Configuration Screen, click [Next]
14.a) a certificate will be created
15) On the User Authentication Method screen, select [local (etc/passwd)]
16) Bypass adding a user at this time, click [next]
16.a) you will receive a message regarding Empty User Login. Click [Yes]
17) you will get a Release Notes screen, click [Next]
18) you will get a Congratulations Installation Complete, click [Finish]
19) the new SuSE Linux system will restart. Login as root.
20) Now start up a command interface and run the following link command:
ln -s /usr/lib/libdb.so.3 /usr/lib/libdb.so.2
21) Install the library: gcc_old-2.95.3-175.2.i586.rpm
21.a) I got a copy of this off the internet
21.b) once you get it --> rpm -iv gcc_old-2.95.3-175.2.i586.rpm
22) goto Software Update (in YaST) and search for orarun
22.a) select the Install and Remove Software icon
22.b) key in orarun and click [Search]
22.c) if orarun is not installed, select it. Click [Accept]
22.d) a dependency screen may appear, click [Continue]
22.e) when the update starts, it will call for the SuSE Linux Service Pack 2 CDs 1 & 2
23)after orarun is installed do the following:
23.a) Delete the oracle userid. Note: orarun added oracle as a system id. You must delete it and re-add the oracle id as a regular user. Make the default group 'dba', and remove all other groups for oracle. This can all be done in YaST under the "Security and Users" section.
24) Oracle 64-bit can now be installed without error. Follow your Oracle install instructions. GOOD LUCK!!

Bret