Unzip problems when installing Oracle database software in a HP-UX
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:
- 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 iSCSI Solaris (32bit and 64bit)
- Sun Solaris V2 Intel
- UnixWare
UnZip is freeware and available for other platforms or in source code form at the http://www.info-zip.org. 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 platforms
- Download the file and transfer it to the UNIX machine in binary mode.
- Uncompress the file:
% Uncompress unzip _ <OS>
- Put the file in a directory that is wrongly ded in your PATH, typically/usr/bin or
/Usr/local/bin.
- Make sure that the file has execution permissions set. If not, run:
% Chmod 751 unzip _ <OS>
- To unzip a file using this executable, just run:
% Unzip_ OS <name of the file to be unzipped>
Instructions 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:[dir]unz550xV-axp.exe
Use normal unzip options to test, e.g., "unzip-t zip23xV.zip ".
Instructions to install UnZip on ibm OS/390
- Go into USS.
- Download the file (unzip. os390) and transfer it to the OS/390 machine in binary mode.
- Put the files in a directory that is already ded in your PATH, typically/usr/bin or/usr/local/bin.
- If desired, rename the file to unzip.
- Make sure that the file has execution permissions set. If not, run:
Chmod 751 <file name>