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Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Installation On Fedora 7
In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) on Fedora 7. The article is based on a Fedora 7 (F7 x86) Server Installation with a minimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed.
- Editors
- Graphical Internet
- Administration Tools
- Base
- X Window System
- System Tools
- Server Configuration Tools
- GNOME Desktop Environment
- Development Libraries
- Development Tools
- Legacy Software Support
- Hardware Support
Alternative installations may require more packages to be loaded, in addition to the ones listed below.
There are a number of Fedora Core 6 packages that are required to get Oracle installed, linked and running. I'm not suggesting this will result in a stable Linux platform, but it does work.
- Download Software
- Unpack Files
- Hosts File
- Set Kernel Parameters
- Setup
- Installation
- Post Installation
Download Software
Download the following software.
Unpack Files
Unzip the files.
unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip
You should now have a single directory containing installation files. Depending on the age of the download this may either be named "db/Disk1" or "database".
Hosts File
The "/etc/hosts" file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.
<IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name>
Set Kernel Parameters
Add the following lines to the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.
kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 2147483648 kernel.shmmni = 4096 # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 fs.file-max = 65536 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 net.core.rmem_default=262144 net.core.rmem_max=262144 net.core.wmem_default=262144 net.core.wmem_max=262144
Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters.
/sbin/sysctl -p
Add the following lines to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file.
* soft nproc 2047 * hard nproc 16384 * soft nofile 1024 * hard nofile 65536
Add the following line to the "/etc/pam.d/login" file, if it does not already exist.
session required pam_limits.so
Disable secure linux by editing the "/etc/selinux/config" file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.
SELINUX=disabled
Alternatively, this alteration can be done using the GUI tool (Desktop > System Settings > Security Level). Click on the SELinux tab and disable the feature.
Setup
Install the following packages.
# From Fedora 7 DVD cd /media/dvd/Fedora rpm -Uvh setarch-* rpm -Uvh --force tcl-* rpm -Uvh compat-db-* rpm -Uvh --force libXau-devel-* # Not available on Fedora 7 DVD, but available from standard yum repository. yum install libXp libaio yum install compat-libstdc++* compat-libf2c* compat-gcc* compat-libgcc*
Create the new groups and users.
groupadd oinstall groupadd dba groupadd oper useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle passwd oracle
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1 chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01
Login as root and issue the following command.
xhost +<machine-name>
Edit the "/etc/redhat-release" file replacing the current release information (Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)) with the following.
redhat-4
Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the ".bash_profile" file.
# Oracle Settings TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jre:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then ulimit -p 16384 ulimit -n 65536 else ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 fi fi
Installation
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 database directory.
./runInstaller
Enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue with the installation.
For a more detailed look at the installation process, click on the links below to see screen shots of each stage.
- Select Installation Method
- Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials
- Select Installation Type
- Specify Home Details
- Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks
- Select Configuration Option
- Select Database Configuration
- Specify Database Configuration Options
- Select Database Management Option
- Specify Database Storage Option
- Specify Backup and Recovery Options
- Specify Database Schema Passwords
- Summary
- Install
- Configuration Assistants
- Database Configuration Assistant
- Database Configuration Assistant Password Management
- Execute Configuration Scripts
- End Of Installation
Post Installation
Edit the "/etc/redhat-release" file restoring the original release information.
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Finally edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.
TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1:Y
For more information see:
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...