Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) on Fedora Core Linux 2, 3 and 4
This HOWTO describes the step-by-step installation of Oracle 10gR2 database software on Fedora core 2, 3 and 4. However, it does not cover the database creation process, nor ASM instance creation.
Note that Fedora Core distribution is not certified by Oracle Corporation.
Contents
Pre-installation tasks[edit]
1. Create oracle User Account
Login as root and create the user oracle which belongs to dba group.
su - # groupadd dba # useradd -g dba oracle
2. Setting system parameters
Edit the /etc/sysctl.conf and add following lines:
kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 2147483648 kernel.shmmni = 4096 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
Note: You need reboot system or execute "sysctl -p" command to apply above settings.
Edit the /etc/pam.d/login file and add following line:
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
Edit the /etc/security/limits.conf file and add following lines:
oracle soft nproc 2047 oracle hard nproc 16384 oracle soft nofile 1024 oracle hard nofile 65536
This step is important for Fedora Core 4 only:
Edit /etc/selinux/config and change value of SELINUX variable to "disabled".
SELINUX=disabled
Note: You need reboot computer to apply above settings.
3. Creating oracle directories
# mkdir /opt/oracle # mkdir /opt/oracle/10gR2 # chown -R oracle:dba /opt/oracle
4. Setting Oracle Environment
Edit the /home/oracle/.bash_profile file and add following lines:
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/10gR2 ORACLE_SID=MY_ORACLE LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH
Save the .bash_profile and execute following commands for load new environment:
cd /home/oracle . .bash_profile
Download and install[edit]
1. Download and install required .rpm packages
Some additional packages are required for successful installation of Oracle software. To check if the required packages are installed on your operating system use following command:
rpm -q binutils gcc glibc glibc-headers glibc-kernheaders glibc-devel compat-libstdc++ cpp compat-gcc make compat-db compat-gcc-c++ compat-libstdc++ compat-libstdc++-devel openmotif openmotif21 setarch pdksh libaio libaio-devel
Note: Since FC4 pdksh package was renamed to ksh.
If some package is not installed then install it from installation media or download it from following locations:
Install the required packages using the rpm command:
# rpm -ivh binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2-2.i386.rpm \ compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.fc4.i386.rpm \ compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.fc4.i386.rpm \ compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm \ cpp-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ gcc-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ gcc-c++-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ glibc-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \ glibc-common-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \ glibc-devel-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \ glibc-headers-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \ glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.94.i386.rpm \ ksh-20050202-1.i386.rpm \ libaio-0.3.104-2.i386.rpm \ libaio-devel-0.3.104-2.i386.rpm \ libgcc-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ libstdc++-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ libstdc++-devel-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \ make-3.80-7.i386.rpm \ openmotif-2.2.3-10.i386.rpm \ openmotif21-2.1.30-14.i386.rpm \ setarch-1.7-3.i386.rpm \ xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-31.i386.rpm
2. Download the Oracle 10g release 2 (10.2.0.1.0) software from http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/index.html
Extract the files using following command:
unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip
3. Start the Oracle software installation process.
Now the system is prepared for Oracle software installation. To start the installation process execute the following commands:
cd db/Disk1/ ./runInstaller
Post-installation tasks[edit]
1. Use this step when you will be not running RAC or ASM instance.
su - # /etc/init.d/init.cssd disable # /etc/init.d/init.cssd stop
Common installation errors[edit]
- Error:
DISPLAY not set. Please set the DISPLAY and try again.
Solution: Execute "export DISPLAY=:0.0" when you perform installtion on local machine or "export DISPLAY=<clientIP>:0.0 when you perform installation on remote machine connected over SSH". Don't forget to execute "xhost +" command on client machine.
- Error:
Exception java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-07_09-40-45AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory occurred. java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-07_09-40-45AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution: Install the xorg-x11-deprecated-libs RPM package (>=FC) or libXp package (FC5 and later).
- Error:
...cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
Solution 1: Modify /etc/selinux/config and change value of SELINUX to "disabled" and reboot computer.
Solution 2: Download selinux-policy-targeted-1.25.2-4.noarch.rpm from FC4 location and upgrade existing package.
- Error:
error while loading shared libraries: libaio.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Solution: Install libaio and libaio-devel packages. If packages already installed and error still occurs try execute "ldconfig" as root.
- Error:
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<
Solution: Install missing package or set check system parameters (See reason of failure).
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