Installing oracle on Linux using the SAP version of oracle software

[Former Member]

Hello All,

I am trying to install 32bit oracle software on Linux 32 bit os using the SAP version of Oracle Install Software downloaded from marketplace. I have downloaded the required exe and rar files and unpacked them on my PC. The unpacked folder is uploaded in bin mode to the respective server under a common mountpoint. In the folder i have 4 .SAR files with other label files etc. I want to unarchive these .SAR files to get the runInstaller but running in to issues.

Here are the steps I tried:

1. I copied the SAPCAR exe from exe directory and tried to unpack the 4 .SAR files but got permission error. All these 4 .SAR files are owned by ora<sid> user id. I tried to do all these under root user still it fails.

ora<sid>@xxxyysapdbXX:/sapdata//Oracle32/51031674> SAPCAR -xvf OR110232.SAR

-bash: ./SAPCAR: cannot execute binary file

what am i missing?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[markus_doehr2 · Accepted solution]

If you have a 32bit OS then you need to use the 32bit binaries of SAPCAR - yes.

And:

Usually those SAR files are unpacked by the installation program sapinst, why do you unpack them manually?

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Marcus,

I am trying to download the 32bit version of SAPCAR now. The reason i want to try to unpack is because there is no need for any instance installation but just need oracle DB in Sandbox to try BOBJ component installed on top of it.

Thanks

[markus_doehr2 · Accepted solution]

> I am trying to download the 32bit version of SAPCAR now. The reason i want to try to unpack is because there is no need for any instance installation but just need oracle DB in Sandbox to try BOBJ component installed on top of it.

Oh - ok.

Markus

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Marcus. I was able to unarchive using 32bit Linux version SAPCAR exe.

[markus_doehr2]

Please execute the command

file SAPCAR

What's the output?

Markus

[Former Member]

Hi Marcus,

Here is the output for file SARCAR

SAPCAR: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, stripped

Should i be using SAPCAR exe 32-bit version?

[stefan_koehler]

Hello,

> -bash: ./SAPCAR: cannot execute binary file

What are the permissions of your copied SAPCAR file? As it is just a copy and temporarily ... you can try the following

shell> cd /sapdata//Oracle32/5103167
shell> chmod a+rwx SAPCAR
shell> SAPCAR -xvf OR110232.SAR

Regards

Stefan

[Former Member]

Hi Stefan,

Even after giving SAPCAR 777, it still throws same error as below:

xxxyysapdbXX:/sapdata/Oracle32/51031674 # chmod a+rwx SAPCAR

xxxyysapdbXX:/sapdata/Oracle32/51031674 # SAPCAR -xvf OR110232.SAR

-bash: SAPCAR: command not found

xxxyysapdbXX:/sapdata/Oracle32/51031674 # ./SAPCAR -xvf OR110232.SAR

-bash: ./SAPCAR: cannot execute binary file