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Oracle9i (9.2.0.1.0) Installation On RedHat 8.0 Linux
This article is intended as a brief guide to installing Oracle9i (9.2.0.1.0) on RedHat 8.0 Linux. For additional information and platform variations read the Installation Guide for UNIX Systems.
Download Software
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.
Unpack Files
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.
Set Kernel Parameters
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
Setup
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 /home/oracle/product mkdir /home/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0 chown -R oracle.oinstall /home/oracle mkdir /usr/temp chmod 777 /usr/temp
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=/home/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:$PATH:/usr/local/java131/bin; export PATH ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH TMP=/usr/temp; export TMP TMPDIR=$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
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 Disk1 directory.
./runInstaller
Continue with the installation as normal.
Before the linking phase of the installation begins you should edit the $ORACLE_HOME/bin/genclntsh script altering the following line.
# From this LD_SELF_CONTAINED="-z defs" # To this LD_SELF_CONTAINED=""
The linking phase should now proceed correctly.
Post Installation
Edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.
TSH1:/home/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0:Y
For more information see:
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...