Hello, immediately after running ./runInstaller

I get

Initializing Java Virtual Machine from
/tmp/OraInstall2004-04-18_03-52-18PM/jre/bin/java. Please wait...
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Unable to load native library:
/tmp/OraInstall2004-04-18_03-52-18PM/jre/lib/i386/libjava.so: symbol
__libc_wait, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link
time reference


what does this mean and how do i fix it? i am a bit new to linux.
thank you.

AP