You can see this when you are pointed at the wrong Oracle Inventory or it is corrupt. Check your oraInst.loc to see what you are pointing to and then check that inventory to see that your Oracle Home is in there. Allan On 9/18/07, Prasad <p4cldba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > when try to install the 10.2.0.3 patch on linux x86 oracle 10gr2 > 10.2.0.1home I am getting this error . Is there anyway I can bypass this > error and > install the patch. > > Any suggestions please.. > > TIA > -Prasad >