Unzip problems when installing Oracle database software in a HP-UX

When you install the oracle database under hp-ux for the first time, the Oracledatabase software medium (*. zip Format) uploaded to hp-ux cannot be decompressed because unz is not available.

When you install the oracle database under hp-ux for the first time, the Oracle database software medium (*. zip Format) uploaded to hp-ux cannot be decompressed because unz is not available.

When you first install the Oracle database under hp-ux, you will encounter the Oracle database software medium (*. zip Format) cannot be decompressed, because there is no unzip executable program.

At this point, you can go to the https://updates.oracle.com/unzips/unzips.html URL to download the unizp media under hp-ux.

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UnZip Utilities Download

Patches downloaded from Oracle are in. zip format. to unzip them on your particle platform, a native executable is required. for our MERs 'convenience, we have made copies available for most popular platforms. NOTE: these are supported with Oracle Data Server Version 9i Release 2.

Click on the platform to download the UnZip utility:

UnixWare

UnZip is freeware and available for other platforms or in source code form at This download site is setup for your convenience. Oracle supports this utility only for the purpose of extracting software downloaded from Oracle.

Instructions to install UnZip on UNIX platformsInstructions to install UnZip on Compaq OpenVMS

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

Unzip = $ disk: nvidir#unz550xv-axp.exe

Use normal unzip options to test, e.g., "unzip-t zip23xV.zip ".

Instructions to install UnZip on ibm OS/390