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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 19), eodyna said:
> I am having trouble starting Oracle Enterprise Manger on Freebsd 5.3
> 
> I have succesfully installed the client. Yay for me :) After the
> client installation, the net assist was run and oem was automatically
> started. (so i kinda know it works)
> 
> WHen i try to run oemapp from the command line (logged in as oracle)
> i get the following error message
> 
> bash-2.05b$ oemapp
> expr: syntax error
> jre was not found in
> /data01/oracle/jre/1.1.8/bin//data01/oracle/jre/1.1.8/bin/../bin/i686/native_threads/jre

You probably need to run that script from a Linux bash shell, so it
sees linux's expr ..
 
> it appears that these directories are concatinated together but im
> not sure. jre definately exists in those directories.
> 
> when i try to run oemapp as a user other than oracle i
> get the following error message
> 
> -su-2.05b$ oemapp
> dirname: illegal option -- p
> usage: dirname path
> arch: not found

.. and  Linux's dirname and arch :)

> /data01/oracle/jre/1.1.8/bin/jre: 101: Syntax error:
> word unexpected (expecting ")")

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com