Running program from CD

[stressball]

argh
There is no readme file when I ls the contents of the cdrom, there is an install and runInstaller, how do I get to the installation process? I have tried ./install.sh but that does not work.

 

[rycamor]

Well, if the file's name is not "install.sh" that will not work. Remember, these things are just filenames, there's no hidden magic to it. In Unix very little is hidden from the user.

Somewhere in there has got to be a text file that explains the install procedures. It might just be that the file called "install" is just a textfile with those instructions. Are you familiar with the program Midnight Commander? (enter 'mc' on the command line) This is a file and directory browser, and also includes a file viewer (F3) and text editor (F4). use it to view the contents of the files and see if any contain instructions.

If you have a file called "runInstaller" then it probably is what it sounds like, but it must be an executable file to be an installer. Generally, when you view files in Linux, executables are listed in green. If so, just enter "./runInstaller" (the "./" is just a prefix to use when running executables that are not in the */bin directories)

If I didn't mention this before, you need to spend some time familiarizing yourself with Linux in general. Some good sites are

http://www.linuxnewbie.com,

http://www.linuxnewbie.org,

http://www.linux.com,

and somewhere in the IBM "developerworks" site there are also some excellent Linux tutorials. Get the O'Reilly book "Running Linux".

 

[timsr]

What are you trying to install? If there is an rpm, use the rpm -i command to install the program. If not, try ll -a to list all the files. Look for rwx permissions on the files to execute them.

 

[stressball]

I typed in ./runInstaller
the CD whirred and started, then I got an error message about the display settings, I remembered I was supposed to export my display. I have set my display to:
export DISPLAY=<hostname>:0.0
I then typed in ./runInstaller again and nothing happens. I was thinking it could possibly be running but I can't see it. I'm getting frustrated! The runInstaller file is green, and the install file is blue.

 

[stressball]

I am trying to run the Enterprise edition installation of Oracle9i Application server

 

[stressball]

Thanks for the input, what happened is that I forgot to export the display, so I was right, but because I ran it without exporting the display it stuffed up, I had to kill the processes then do it again and like it should do it worked!