Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13 when installing oracle 10g software

[Former Member]

Hi Basis Expert,

We are doing an Mock System Upgrade.

So now we are installing

Before upgrade

BW 3.5 with oracle 10g (10.2.0.4)

After upgrade

BI 7.0 with oracle 11g (11.2.0.4)

When installing the Oracle 10g software we are getting an error

Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13

Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13

Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13

Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Our OS is AIX 5.3

Please help us in fixing this issue

Regards,

Anil Shenoy

[Former Member]

Hi Anil,

>> BI 7.0 with oracle 11g (11.2.0.4)

Are you sure the target release is "11.2.0.4"? It should be "11.2.0.2"

>> Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13

There are many reasons may cause to this problem. Find the foremost items, to check in the Oracle metalink document "378393.1", below;

https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=378393.1

Best regards,

Orkun Gedik

[Former Member]

Hi Orkun and others,

Thanks for your reply.

I do not have access to Oracle Metalink. Can you please let me know the content inside the link which you have mentioned.

Regards,

Anil Shenoy.

[Former Member]

[While Installing Oracle software facing "Error in GetCurrentDir(): 13" [ID 378393.1]|https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=378393.1]

Solution
In order to get rid of this problem, please check for the following.

1. You are logged in as the oracle user and group which owns the oraInventory (if this is not the first install on this system) 

2. You have read/execute permissions on the source files/directories (CD-ROMor CD-ROM image) 

3. You have write permissions on the target directory (ORACLE_HOME)

4. When the target filesystem for ORACLE_HOME is unmounted the directory for the mount point has rwx permissions for the oracle user 

If this is the first Oracle software to be installed on this system you can ignore item 1 as it will create a new oraInventory with the correct permissions. For item 4, unmount the filesystem and "chmod 777" the directory used for the mount point, then remount the filesystem. Item 4 is actually a somewhat frequent issue on AIX.

If none of the above solves your problem, the only alternative left would be, to copy the Staging directory (Disk1 of Install) to /tmp directory and proceed with the installation.

[former_member189725]

Hi,

Please start the RUNINSTALLER script from the directory in which it is placed under the oracle stage.

Do not use absolute path . Else it will not be able to locate the software correctly. Also check if it the stage directory has the

required permission.

[sunny_pahuja2]

Hi,

It looks like problem with the mount points. Try to copy installation media to some other mount point then repeat the installation.

Thanks

Sunny

[former_member188883]

Hi,

Please make sure the parent directories are also owned by ora<SID>:dba such as

/oracle

/oracle/stage

Alternatively

Are you installing the software from a remote location?

If so

1. Stage the Oracle software on a local device

2. Run the installer

./runInstaller

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori