Solaris

Hi.

I installed Oracle (albeit 11g) on Solaris 10 a few days ago, and had much the same problem (and a java one).

And when faced with such problems, I did what I would normally do. I gave up.

Code:

cd /tmp/database
cp response/db_install.rsp mydb.rsp
<edit this file to set everything up>

./runInstaller -silent -responseFile /tmp/database/mydb.rsp

I install Oracle binaries virtually every week and I get this error (or something similar, I don't remember the exact message)
only when I forget to run xhost before starting the installation .

I SSH'd to the "box", and don't think my terminal supported the fancy X stuff, anyway, but now that I have the response file, I can reinstall it quickly. I'm sure this will come in handy, as I do have a habit of breaking things

Well, some years ago, when Oracle introduced this functionality (silent installation), it was quite buggy so using it in production was a risk.
That's the reason I'm still not using it unless really forced

Hi Radoulov,

I tried running the xhost as root.

# xhost +<remote m/c ip>
xhost: not found
# which xhost
no xhost in /usr/sbin /usr/bin

What do I do next?

Thanks
Sumeet

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Hey Scott,

Thanks for giving the response file idea.

Where do I get the instructions to edit/create the response file. I tried googling but none of them give exact details.

I think I will have to create a response file.

Sorry guys. I am a newbie to this domain of Unix - "installing oracle in unix".

Thanks
Sumeet

Hi.

First off, xhost, etc. is in /usr/openwin/bin, which I'm guessing is not in your PATH.

Editing the response file is pretty straight forward, as the file is well commented.

You should find one (based on where you said you extracted the .zip files) in /tmp/database/response. I made a copy of db_install.rsp and edited that.

The only problem I had was solved by changing

Code:

DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

otherwise it will bug you to tears about a badly formed email address. Again, rather than trying to fix it, I just gave up and changed its value

Most important is that you follow the installation instructions to ensure that pre-requisites are met, and post-installation tasks are completed, before and after running the installer, respectively.

Thank you guys.

Scott - xhost was indeed sitting in /usr/openwin/bin.

So I added it to the PATH and then did what Radoulov said - xhost + localhost.

The installer finally triggered.

I appreciate all your help.

Thanks
Sumeet