Unzip problems when installing Oracle database software under HP-UX

When you first install the Oracle database on HP-UX, you will not be able to extract the Oracle DB Software media (*.zip format) uploaded to HP-UX because the executable program is not unzip.

At this point, you can go to https://updates.oracle.com/unzips/unzips.html this URL to download HP-UX UNIZP media.

Now the full text of this article is summarized below:

UnZip Utilities Download

Patches downloaded from Oracle is in the. zip format.  To unzip them in your particular platform, a native executable is required.  For our customers ' convenience, we had made copies available for most popular platforms. Note:these is included with Oracle Data Server Version 9i Release 2.

Click on the platform to download the UnZip utility:

Compaq Tru64 UNIX

Compaq OpenVMS (Alpha)

Data General AViiON Series [IX86] UNIX

HP-UX 11.0 (32bit and 64bit)

HP-UX 11.31 (32bit and 64bit-large file support)

IBM Numa-q Dynix/ptx

IBM os/390 (MVS)

IBM rs/6000 AIX (32bit and 64bit)

LINUX Intel (32bit and 64bit)

LINUX Intel (32bit and 64bit-large file support)

SGI 64-bit UNIX

Sun SPARC Solaris (32bit and 64bit)

Sun Solaris V2 Intel

UnixWare

UnZip is freeware and available for other platforms or in source code form at http://www.info-zip.org. This download site was setup for your convenience. Oracle supports this utility only for the purpose of extracting software downloaded from Oracle.

Instructions to install UNZIP on UNIX platforms

1. Download the file and transfer it to the UNIX machine in binary mode.
2. Uncompress the file:
   % uncompress unzip_<os>
3. Put the file in a directory which is included in your PATH, typically/usr/bin or
   /usr/local/bin.
4. Make sure, the file has execution permissions set. If not, run:
   % chmod 751 unzip_<os>
5. To unzip a file using the this executable, just run:
   % Unzip_os <name of the file to being unzipped>

Instructions to install UNZIP on Compaq OpenVMS

If you is using Compaq OpenVMS (Alpha), you need to set the executable as a foreign command by defining a symbol for the Unzip utility:

Unzip = = $disk: [Dir]unz550xv-axp.exe

Use normal unzip options to test, e.g., "Unzip-t zip23xv.zip".

Instructions to install UNZIP on IBM os/390

1. Go into USS.
2. Download the file (unzip.os390) and transfer it to the os/390 machine in binary mode.
3. Put the files in a directory which is included in your PATH, Typically/usr/bin or/usr/local/bin.
4. If desired, rename the file to unzip.
5. Make sure, the file has execution permissions set. If not, run:
   chmod 751 <file name>
   

Unzip problems when installing Oracle database software under HP-UX