After installation of Oracle in silent mode, I am not able to run SQLPLUS - linux

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/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/bin/sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: /oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1: file too short
[oracle#82eb40bf3cd2 ~]$ strace $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus
execve("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/bin/sqlplus", ["/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/"...], 0x7ffd4df2e550 /* 23 vars */) = 0
brk(NULL) = 0xd63000
arch_prctl(0x3001 /* ARCH_??? */, 0x7fffa311c1b0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/haswell/x86_64/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/haswell/x86_64", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/haswell/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/haswell", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/x86_64/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/x86_64", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/tls", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/haswell/x86_64/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/haswell/x86_64", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/haswell/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/haswell", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/x86_64/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/x86_64", 0x7fffa311b400) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/libsqlplus.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\320\374\1\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1546540, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f664e6da000
mmap(NULL, 3112424, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f664e1bc000
mprotect(0x7f664e2a6000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f664e4a5000, 61440, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe9000) = 0x7f664e4a5000
close(3) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
read(3, "", 832) = 0
close(3) = 0
writev(2, [{iov_base="/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/"..., iov_len=43}, {iov_base=": ", iov_len=2}, {iov_base="error while loading shared libra"..., iov_len=36}, {iov_base=": ", iov_len=2}, {iov_base="/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/"..., iov_len=53}, {iov_base=": ", iov_len=2}, {iov_base="file too short", iov_len=14}, {iov_base="", iov_len=0}, {iov_base="", iov_len=0}, {iov_base="\n", iov_len=1}], 10/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/bin/sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: /oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1: file too short
) = 153
exit_group(127) = ?
+++ exited with 127 +++

Answer 1

This error comes mostly due to missing rpm packages glib-devel on the system.
On my system the issue got resolved after below operations:
Installing the correct rpm for glib
Then run this command to recreate all the symlinks.
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/relink all
Try sqlplus now.

Answer 2

You are trying to install oracle on an unsupported platform. Your version of oracle 12.1.0.2 supports linux 7. At present the Oracle database is not supported on Linux 8.
Unofficially Oracle Database 19c Installation On Oracle Linux 8 (OL8)
Oracle Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Support Information on Linux x86-64
Starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2), Oracle Linux 7
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 are supported on Linux x86-64 systems.
Starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2), Oracle Linux 7
is supported on the following distributions for Linux x86-64:
Oracle Linux 7 with the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel:
4.1.12-61.el7uek.x86_64 or later
Oracle Linux 7 with the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel:
3.8.13-33.el7uek.x86_64 or later
Oracle Linux 7 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel:
3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 or later
Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database 19c Installation on Linux
The following Linux x86-64 kernels are supported:
Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4:
4.1.12-124.19.2.el7uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5: 4.14.35-1818.1.6.el7uek.x86_64 or
later Oracle Linux 7.5 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel:
3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3: 4.4.162-94.72-default or later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: 4.12.14-23-default or later
Review the system requirements section for a list of minimum package
requirements.