Error in invoking target ‘nmo’ of makefile “/oracdb/oracle11g/sysman/lib/ins_emagent.mk”
Oracle Server: “Error in invoking target ‘*’ of makefile”
Posted on March 8, 2012
I ran into the following error while trying to install Oracle Server 11.2g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4:
Error in invoking target ‘nmo’ of makefile ‘/apps/opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/sysman/lib/ins_emagent.mk’. See ‘/u01/apb/oradata/oraInventory/logs/installActions2011-06-25_12-34-54PM.log’ for details.
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Error in invoking target ‘nmo’ of makefile ‘/apps/opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/sysman/lib/ins_emagent.mk’. See ‘/u01/apb/oradata/oraInventory/logs/installActions2011-06-25_12-34-54PM.log’ for details.
This error specifically references ‘nmo’, but the same error is commonly encountered (with slightly different wording) for other modules.
The error log gives few additional details. There are a bunch of possible causes to this error – here are a few of the most common:
You haven’t installed all of your required prerequisite RPMs correctly, or failed to set up a link that’s causing Oracle to hit a makefile error
You’re trying to install the x84 version of Oracle Server on a 64-bit operating system. This can cause a slew of errors, but if you ignore them the install should still complete.
Incorrect system variables. Some users found that unsetting the variables LD_LIBRARY_PATH and JAVA_HOME can take care of this problem.