Oracle Installer Failed : TMP space problem

./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer…

Checking installer requirements…

Checking operating system version: must be B.11.11 or B.11.23.    Actual B.11.11
Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 32768 MB    Passed
Checking temp space: 48 MB available, 250 MB required.    Failed <<<<

Set a TEMP space variable to point at /u02/stage/tmpdir volume
$ echo $TMPDIR
/u02/stage/tmpdir
$ echo $TMP
/u02/stage/tmpdir
TMPDIR & $TMP Didn’t WORK

$ export TEMP=/u02/stage/tmpdir — Worked

$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer…

Checking installer requirements…

Checking operating system version: must be B.11.11 or B.11.23.    Actual B.11.11   Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 32768 MB    Passed
Checking Temp space: must be greater than 250 MB.   Actual 198722 MB    Passed

All installer requirements met.