Oh, and this can happen when you are using the OUI in the Oracle Home instead of the one in patch set. Also make sure in the installer you have picked the right Oracle Home. Metalink note 454323.1 might help. 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 >