hi all,
I am trying to install oracle 10g on SUSE linux 8 release…but while installing for the same i am gettinga an error “GLIBC_2.3 not found”
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oracle@testserver:~/database>export DISPLAY=:0.0
oracle@testserver:~/database>./runInstaller
/opt/oracle/database/install/.oui:/lib/libc.so.6: version ‘GLIBC_2.3’ not found
(required by /opt/oracle/database/install/.oui)
oracle@testserver:~/database>
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looking for some good suggestion…
You probably ought to post this in an Oracle support forum. It might be that Oracle requires that specific glibc version and won’t work with any other. The installer may be checking for that specific version number.
I’d guess, though, that you should (a) make sure the glibc is installed on your system (though I don’t know how it could work if it wasn’t!), then (b), find a way to override the version check in the Oracle installer.
But I again disclaim: an Oracle expert (which I manifestly am NOT) would be the best person to ask.
It appears that SuSE 8 only upgraded to GLIBC 2.2.4 and you are out of luck on the 2.3. Oracle 10 was compiled with the newer version of the library and that is why it is needed.
Upgrading to glibc 2.3 on SuSE 8.1 or below will introduce a great steaming heap of … (I had to sign up for a service I don’t want to get the rest of the message. But it emphasizes my point.) However, if your SuSE is 8.2 or above you can upgrade to the newer glibc… but then you should already have it and as the individual above replied, just install it.