Oracle installer–do you know it’s 2012 already?!

 

The installer starts with the most ‘obvious’ check ever, we need at least 256 colors…can’t even remember a videogame in the Dos Era that did that….

Colors

Then the PATH variable is too long…

Path

I guess there is some room for minor improvements…

 

Please consider that I’m just posting this to free my mind and allowing it to relax.

Cheers….now it’s time to use the time machine to go back in time and finish the installation….with great joy.

Sander

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