This article is intended as a brief guide to installing Oracle9i (9.2.0.1.0) on RedHat 9.0 Linux. For additional information and platform variations read the Installation Guide for UNIX Systems.
Download Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK 1.3.1) if you can still find it.
Download the Oracle installation files from Oracle Technology Network.
First unzip the files.
gunzip lnx_920_disk1.cpio.gz gunzip lnx_920_disk2.cpio.gz gunzip lnx_920_disk3.cpio.gz
Next unpack the contents of the files.
cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk1.cpio cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk2.cpio cpio -idmv < lnx_920_disk3.cpio
You should now have three directories (Disk1, Disk2 and Disk3) containing installation files.
Some sources suggest loading the following compatibility libraries but I've not found this to be necessary.
compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm compat-libgcj-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm compat-libgcj-devel-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm nss_db-compat-2.2-20.i386.rpm
These files can be found in the RPMS directories of CD1 and CD2 of the RedHat installation media.
The following table contains minimum kernel settings. If the current settings exceed these figures then do not alter them.
| Parameter | Minimum Setting |
|---|---|
| SEMMNI | 100 |
| SEMMNS | 256 |
| SEMOPM | 100 |
| SEMMSL | 100 |
| SHMMAX | 2147483648 |
| SHMMIN | 1 |
| SHMMNI | 100 |
| SHMSEG | 4096 |
| SHMVMX | 32767 |
The current semaphore settings can be viewed using the following command.
cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem 250 32000 32 128
The values listed are for the SEMMSL, SEMMNS, SEMOPM, and SEMMNI parameters. The adjusted values can be set using this.
# echo SEMMSL_value SEMMNS_value SEMOPM_value SEMMNI_value > /proc/sys/kernel/sem echo 250 32000 100 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
The shared memory settings can be viewed using the following command.
cat shared_memory_parameter
The values can be set using this.
echo 2147483648 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
Set the File Handles, Sockets and Process limit using this.
echo 65536 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max ulimit -n 65536 echo 1024 65000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range ulimit -u 16384
The necessary parameter changes can be combined in a script and run during system startup.
echo 250 32000 100 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem echo 65536 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max ulimit -n 65536 echo 1024 65000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range ulimit -u 16384
Alternatively the following lines can be added to the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648 kernel.shmmni = 128 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 fs.file-max = 65536 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
In addition the following lines can be added to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file.
oracle soft nofile 65536 oracle hard nofile 65536 oracle soft nproc 16384 oracle hard nproc 16384
Adding lines into these files requires a reboot before they take effect.
Install the Java development kit.
tar -xvjf j2sdk-1.3.1-FCS-linux-i386.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local/
Create the new groups and users.
groupadd oinstall groupadd dba groupadd oper groupadd apache useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle passwd oracle useradd -g oinstall -G apache apache passwd apache
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0 chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01
Login as root and issue the following command.
xhost +<machine-name>
Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the ".bash_profile" file.
# Oracle 9i ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.2.0.1.0; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/java131/bin; export PATH ORACLE_OWNER=oracle; export ORACLE_OWNER ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL THREADS_FLAG=native; export THREADS_FLAG TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
Save the ".bash_profile" file and re-login as the oracle user. Make sure the ".bash_profile" ran correctly by issuing the following command.
set | more
Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable.
DISPLAY=<machine-name>:0.0; export DISPLAY
Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the Disk1 directory.
./runInstaller
Continue with the installation as normal.
The installation will produce two errors.
Ignore the first error as we will fix this in the post installation step.
When the second error occurs open up a new console, login as the oracle user and execute the following commands.
cd $ORACLE_HOME/install tail make.log
You will see a line like this.
gcc -o ctxhx -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/lib/stubs/ /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ctxhx.o -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ -lm -lsc_ca -lsc_fa -lsc_ex -lsc_da -lsc_ut -lsc_ch -lsc_fi -lctxhx -lc -Wl,-rpath,/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib -lnls9 -lcore9 -lnls9 -lcore9 -lnls9 -lxml9 -lcore9 -lunls9 -lnls9
Copy this line, add -ldl at the end and run it in the "$ORACLE_HOME/bin" directory.
cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin gcc -o ctxhx -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/lib/ -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/lib/stubs/ /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ctxhx.o -L/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib/ -lm -lsc_ca -lsc_fa -lsc_ex -lsc_da -lsc_ut -lsc_ch -lsc_fi -lctxhx -lc -Wl,-rpath,/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/ctx/lib -lnls9 -lcore9 -lnls9 -lcore9 -lnls9 -lxml9 -lcore9 -lunls9 -lnls9 -ldl
Once this is complete click the ignore button on the error dialog and continue with the installation.
During the configuration steps you may be informed that the agent failed to start. Ignore this error as we will fix it in the post installation step.
Open up a console, login as the oracle user and execute these lines.
cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/lib make -f ins_net_client.mk install
Then edit the "$ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk" file, changing lines 13-14.
# From this ctxhx: $(CTXHXOBJ) $(LINK) $(CTXHXOBJ) $(INSO_LINK) # To this ctxhx: $(CTXHXOBJ) $(LINK) -ldl $(CTXHXOBJ) $(INSO_LINK)
The execute the following command.
make -f $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/ins_ctx.mk install
The agent can now be started using this.
/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0/bin/agentctl start
Edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.
TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0:Y
For more information see:
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...
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