DISPLAY not set

[pcotten]

I am preparing to install a patchset to go from 8.1.7.2 to 8.1.7.4.

When invoking the installer, I am getting the following error.

./runInstaller

DISPLAY not set. Please set the DISPLAY and try again.
: No such file or directory

So a dumb question. What should I set the DISPLAY to? Thanks.

[marist89]

set the DISPLAY environment variable to yourhost:0. For example (assuming /bin/ksh):

workstation1% echo $DISPLAY
:0
workstation1% xhost +
workstation1% rlogin -l oracle server1
password: *********
oracle@server1> export DISPLAY=workstation1:0
oracle@server1> /cdrom/runInstaller