Need help in configuring FC4 for installing Oracle DB 10g.

[victagious]

Hi,
I am new to Linux FC4 and Oracle DB 10g. I am installing Oracle DB 10g on my already installed Fedora Core 4 (Everything).

I am trying to complete the pre-installation steps for Oracle DB. I need help with the issue of installing lower versioned FC4 packages when higher versioned packages are already installed. I ran the command:

# rpm -q compat-gcc-7.3
Output: package compat-gcc-7.3 is not installed.

# rpm -q compat-gcc
Output: compat-gcc-8.3.3.4.2

What I understand is the following:
I have the compat-gcc package but it is the 8.3.3.4.2 version.

But I need the 7.3 version for the correct installation of the Oracle DB 10g.

When I try to install the compat-gcc version from the 'fedora.us' site, I get the message that, "a newer version is installed". So, the OS doesnt accept the 7.3 version.

How do I install the compat-gcc-7.3 versioned package?

Do I need to uninstall the whole thing and reinstall the whole thing? That
sounds easier and faster rather than wasting time with this workaround.

thanx in advance,
vick

[till]

Hi,
I am new to Linux FC4 and Oracle DB 10g. I am installing Oracle DB 10g on my already installed Fedora Core 4 (Everything).

I am trying to complete the pre-installation steps for Oracle DB. I need help with the issue of installing lower versioned FC4 packages when higher versioned packages are already installed. I ran the command:

# rpm -q compat-gcc-7.3
Output: package compat-gcc-7.3 is not installed.

# rpm -q compat-gcc
Output: compat-gcc-8.3.3.4.2

What I understand is the following:
I have the compat-gcc package but it is the 8.3.3.4.2 version.

But I need the 7.3 version for the correct installation of the Oracle DB 10g.

When I try to install the compat-gcc version from the 'fedora.us' site, I get the message that, "a newer version is installed". So, the OS doesnt accept the 7.3 version.

How do I install the compat-gcc-7.3 versioned package?

Do I need to uninstall the whole thing and reinstall the whole thing? That
sounds easier and faster rather than wasting time with this workaround.

thanx in advance,
vick


You will have to uninstall compat-gcc-8.3.3.4.2 before you can install the 7.x version.

[victagious]

Thanx Till. I will do that once I get home today.

Thanx again,
vick

[victagious]

Hi Till,

Based on what you said, I was able to uninstall the higher version. I downloaded the required gcc package and saved it on my desktop. I tried to run (install) it directly, but got some error message. So, I downloaded the package and saved it to my desktop.

Then, when I installed the package - I had 365 items put on my desktop. :) So, what do I do now? Can I just cut them and paste them in some folder? If so, which folder? I am not familiar with the Linux directory structure; as to which folder is meant for what functions.

Thanx again, in advance.

vick

[falko]

You can put the package in any folder you like on your Linux system. then go to that folder on the command line and install the package:

cd /path/to/folder
rpm -ivh <package>.rpm

[victagious]

thanx falko.

[victagious]

Hi again,

Since I had a lot of items on my desktop, I uninstalled compat-gcc hoping that would eliminate and remove all the patches from my desktop.

That did not happen. compat-gcc got removed from my system, but the patches were still left on my desktop.

I manually deleted the files to trash.

Then I moved the compat-gcc src.rpm to a different folder in my desktop and tried to install the package using yum. I got :

[root@localhost rpm]# yum install compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.src.rpm
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Cannot open file: compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.src.rpm. Skipping.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost rpm]#

(1) why is it skipping the file... the file is present there.
(2) also, where can I find other packages? My up2date has a problem - it wont work for some reason.

thanx
vick

[victagious]

Hello,
I was able to install the package... but the second question still persists.

where do I find new pacakges but not have them install automatically?

thanx

[falko]

[root@localhost rpm]# yum install compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.src.rpm

compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.src.rpm is a source rpm, not a binary rpm. Source rpms still have to be compiled, I don't think this is what you want. You should search for a binary package.

[victagious]

Hi Falko,

I had installed the 64 version file.

Thank u all for all ur help.

vick

[victagious]

Hi again,

This time, I have another issue.
I inserted the FC4 disk3 and ran the following command:
# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
warning: compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
error: Failed dependencies:
compat-libstdc++ = 7.3-2.96.128 is needed by (installed) compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128.i386
compat-libstdc++ = 7.3 is needed by (installed) compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then I tried to diagnose the scenario:
--------------------------------------
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-libstdc++
compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-libstdc++-devel
compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-gcc
compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128

Everthing is present. Why am I still receiving the above error?

Finally, I thought of giving it another try. So, I am removing the compat-libstdc++ package.
I will try the installation again.

[root@localhost ~]# yum remove compat-libstdc++
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package compat-libstdc++.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
Setting up repositories
updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
--> Processing Dependency: compat-libstdc++ = 7.3 for package: compat-gcc-c++--> Processing Dependency: compat-libstdc++ = 7.3-2.96.128 for package: compat-libstdc++-devel
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package compat-libstdc++-devel.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128 set to be erased---> Package compat-gcc-c++.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== =========================== Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================Removing:
compat-libstdc++ i386 7.3-2.96.128 installed 3.7 M
Removing for dependencies:
compat-gcc-c++ i386 7.3-2.96.128 installed 4.7 M
compat-libstdc++-devel i386 7.3-2.96.128 installed 1.6 M

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================Install 0 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 3 Package(s)
Total download size: 0
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Removing : compat-libstdc++-devel ######################### [1/3]
Removing : compat-libstdc++ ######################### [2/3]
Removing : compat-gcc-c++ ######################### [3/3]

Removed: compat-libstdc++.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128
Dependency Removed: compat-gcc-c++.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128 compat-libstdc++-devel.i386 0:7.3-2.96.128
Complete!

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-gcc
compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-gcc-c++
package compat-gcc-c++ is not installed

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-libstdc++
package compat-libstdc++ is not installed

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q compat-libstdc++-devel
package compat-libstdc++-devel is not installed

If anyone can figure this out... plz let me know.
By the way, I downloaded the packages from: http://rpm.pbone.net/

Thanx
vick

[victagious]

I was told by a colleague that I basically installed the 7.3-2.96.128 version. Then, I ran the # rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm, which is technically updating the file. The depedencies got deleted along with that file and then I would reinstall the higher version.
I should have used # rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm


My mistake again.
Learning one day at a time.

vick