[INS-08101] Unexpected error while executing the action at state: ‘supportedOSCheck’

Running Oracle 19c gridSetup.sh or runInstaller on Linux 8, the following errors occur:

[INS-08101] Unexpected error while executing the action at state: ‘supportedOSCheck’

SOLUTION

Set the following variable:

$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL7.8

OR

Edit the file cvu_config which is located in $ORACLE_HOME/cv/admin, change the line from

# Fallback to this distribution id

#CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL5

to

# Fallback to this distribution id

CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL7.8