I have installed Solaris 8.0 on Sony Vaio desktop pc and trying to install Oracle 8i on Solaris. When I run the runInstaller from the CDROM, I get the following error :-

./runInstaller: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected

I execute following procedure pre-installation:
Setting kernel configuration in /etc/system:
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100
set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200
set semsys:seminfo_semopm=100
set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767

I have created Unix groups dba, oinstall, oracle and orapache. I have not created a mount point and not sure if I need one. I am following the instructions from www.dbspecialists.com for Installing & configuring Oracle on Solaris platform.

Please help with any suggestions or instructions.

Thanks,
Harsha

It probably has something to do with your shell. Try using Korn shell. If not already doing so.