Comments on: How to install Oracle Database 10g on Mac OS X Intel

By: Nils Goroll

Nils Goroll — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:24:28 +0000

Hi All,

first of all, ray, thank you very much for this wirteup and the collection of additional tips, tricks and workarounds.

I really wanted to understand why running Java Apps trough ssh X11 forwarding does not work, and the answer seems to be really simple: Because it’s not implemented. The Mac OS X bundled java (for me) does not even try to contact the X Server, it simply tries to contact the local window manager (which fails), and that’s it. The picture gets a little clearer when trying to start a demo app:

apex:~ root# /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Commands/java -jar /tmp/SwingSet2.jar
Wed Dec 16 13:07:12 apex.XXX.de java[8387] : 3891612: (connectAndCheck) Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to or launch Window Server before login.
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.InternalError: Can’t connect to window server – not enough permissions.
…

The first error message is explained well in the docs.

The solution to the issue is simple: Use a java runtime with X11 support. One resource I’ve found is this: http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte/ Please note the license requirements on the site.

I will try to raise awareness within Apple for the popular demand for a Mac OS X bundled java release with X11 support.

Nils

By: ebraekke

ebraekke — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:28:03 +0000

For installation, it might be better to do JAVA_ARCH=i386; export JAVA_ARCH before running the installer. That should make netca work properly when launched from within the installer.

By: Raimonds Simanovskis

Raimonds Simanovskis — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:36:26 +0000

Based on comments by Nat and others I created new instructions how to install Oracle database 10g on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

By: Marvin

Marvin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:04:40 +0000

I have the same problem that Ruly haves, any clue yet of how to fix it?

By: Shyam

Shyam — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:21:46 +0000

Hi All,

Have you any document on Oracle database installation on snow leopard.
Please provide link.

By: Ruly

Ruly — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:39:19 +0000

Hi there,

I have an X11 issue with Snow Leopard. Followed all the suggestion for X11 setting,

> DISPLAY:localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY
> xhost +
and thru X11 preference, I checked “Allow connections from network clients” and unchecked “Authenticate connections”

I did check the runInstaller to point to “1.5.0″ instead. and using Using “./runInstaller -J-d32″ to run, but no luck still got following exception.
OUI-10025:Unable to start an interactive install session because of the following error:Can’t connect to window server – not enough permissions.

Any clue?

By: Nat Mongkolprasit

Nat Mongkolprasit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:40:08 +0000

You’re welcome! I’m glad it worked for you.

By: Nat Mongkolprasit

Nat Mongkolprasit — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:21:10 +0000

If you want to try out, I tried another approach by using gcc 4.0.1, same version as Xcode 3.1.3/OSX 10.5.8, and modified several scripts and makefiles to use the correct java and compiler/linker version. It didn’t work. I noticed that the compiler and linker 4.0.1 were used but the problem still remained. I haven’t got time to look into it much.

One thing is, the bothering /oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/hs/lib32/hsodbc.o wasn’t even there in the working oracle config from XCode 3.1.3/OSX 10.5.8. And I don’t think it is even needed in the first place. In fact, they weren’t even in the installation log.

Nat.

By: Netrapal

Netrapal — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:09:36 +0000

@Nat,

Thanks Nat. It is running successfully.

By: Macca

Macca — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:05:17 +0000

Nat,

Sorry for the late reply – I gave up on the clean install once Chris posted that he had an upgraded system working, as that was all I really needed. Looks like you’ve got it sorted anyway, so well done!

Macca.