Install Of 10.2.0.1 On SLES 11 X86-64: Error In Invoking Target 'Collector' Of Makefile '$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/ins_emdb.mk' [ID 957982.1]

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Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.1 [Release 10.2]
SUSE \ UnitedLinux x86-64
Linux x86-64
***Checked for relevance on 23-Nov-2012***

Symptoms

The installation process of 10.2.0.1 RDBMS software on SLES 11 x86_64 throws the following error at 83%,
during the process of (aka when OUI prompt reads) “Relinking SGA fetchlet and nmcollector binary”.

Error popup thrown is:
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Error in invoking target 'collector' of makefile
'$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/ins_emdb.mk'. See
'$ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/logs/installActions.log' for details.

Cause

You are encountering published Bug 8993720 : ERROR INVOKING TARGET 'COLLECTOR' OF MAKEFILE '$O_H/SYSMAN/LIB/INS_EMDB.MK'

INFO:
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/snmccolm.o' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmccol.a(nmccole.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmcbuf.a(nmcbuft.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmcbuf.a(nmcbufw.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmcbuf.a(nmcbufu.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmcbuf.a(snmcbufm.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib/libnmcbuf.a(nmcbuff.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib//libnmadbg.a(nmadbg.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
i386 architecture of input file `$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/lib//libnmadbg.a(snmadbg.o)' is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [$ORACLE_HOME/s
INFO: ysman/lib/nmccollector] Error 1
make: *** [nmccollector] Error 2

According to Novell's certification of 10gR2 software on SLES 11 x86_64, this linking error should be ignored.

Additionally, Novell's certification of 10gR2 software on SLES 11 x86_64 indicates that at least the 10.2.0.4 patchset is required.
This linking error does NOT occur during the 10.2.0.4 patchset.

The Novell documentation about installation of Oracle 10gr2 on SLES 11 x86-64 can be found at :
http://ftp.novell.com/partners/oracle/docs/10gR2_sles11_install.pdf

Solution

1. The popup error concerning the linking of target "collector" at about 83% of the linking process of the 10.2.0.1 base-release install should be ignored.
2. Apply 10.2.0.4 or 10.2.0.5 patchset