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Posted by Kamran Agayev A. on May 1, 2009

In order to use Oracle Database, first of all we need to setup Oracle Software. Installation of Oracle Database
on Windows is very easy. By running setup.exe from installation CD of Oracle for Windows, we can invoke a
setup and by clicking NEXT buttons we can install Oracle Software and Database without any problem. We
don’t need any prerequisite actions before installation. But in Linux it’s different. If we want to install Oracle
Database on Linux OS, we should follow some prerequisite actions.

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Today, we’re going to install Oracle Database on CentOS. To do it, we use last version of CentOS (the latest
release for now) – “CentOS-5.2” and mostly used release of Oracle Database – “Oracle Database 10g
Release 2”. And we’re going to practice this whole project on VMware 6.0.0

Before starting, we need to install VMware. Then, we need to install CentOS on VMware. After that, we are
going to install Oracle Database. You should refer to my previous posts in order to install VMware and Centos

Step by step installing VMware

Step by Step Installing CentOS on VMware

But there’s one thing we should keep in mind. During installation of CentOS, on the “package lists” page, we
should behave differently. It will be discussed in the next paragraphs.

This project covers following steps:

1. Checking minimum hardware requirements

2. Installing rpm packages which are required for Oracle installation
3. Configuring kernel parameters
4. Creating groups and user for Oracle Installation
5. Installing Oracle Software
6. Creating an Oracle Database
7. Connecting to Database with Enterprise Manager
8. AUTOMATING all processes and steps of installation Oracle 10g R2 on Centos using Shell Script

As you see from the list above, in order to setup Oracle Database, we need to change some parameters in the
system. Changing these parameters each time could lead to mistakes and waste of time. The main purpose of
our article is to automate all these processes and save your time. For this purpose we’re going to use “Shell
Script”

Now I’m going to explain above mentioned steps one by one

1. Checking minimum hardware requirements

At least, your system should meet the following requirements:

- 1GB RAM

- Requirement for swap space in Oracle installation is as follows:

Available RAM Swap Space Required

Between 1 GB and 2 GB 1.5 times the size of RAM

Between 2 GB and 8 GB Equal to the size of RAM

More than 8 GB .75 times the size of RAM

- 400MB free space in /tmp directory

- Depending on type of the installation, 1.5-3.5 GB free space for Oracle Software

- 1.5GB free space if new Oracle Database is created

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Getting familiar with requirements mentioned above, we need to get hardware information of our system. To
check the size of RAM, Swap space and tmp directory, we run these commands:

- To check the size of physical memory, execute grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo

- To check the size of swap space, execute grep SwapTotal

/proc/meminfo

- To check the space in /tmp directory, execute df –h /tmp

2. Installing rpm packages which are required for Oracle installation

While installing CentOS, we have to install some rpm packages. During the installation, on the installation
window you get list of packages. Here, we select “Customize” choice

On “Customized” window, we check required packages and uncheck packages that are not required for
Oracle Installation

In the packages list, check following packages. Uncheck all packages that are not in the list below

Desktop Environments

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GNOME Desktop Environment

Applications

Graphical Internet

Development

Development Libraries

Development Tools

GNOME Software Development

Java Development

Legacy Software Development

X Software Development

Servers

Server Configuration Tools

Web Server

Windows File Server

Base System

Administration Tools

Base

Java

Legacy Software Support

System Tools

X Window System

Furthermore, after installation of CentOS, we have manually to install these four rpm packages. Surely, you
can select them (except libaio-devel package) from the package list during setup, for many people who don’t
want to find these packages in the package list, installing it manually after system installation is the best
option. These are packages which should be installed before Oracle installation

- compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm

- sysstat-7.0.2-1.el5.i386.rpm

- libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386.rpm

- libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.rpm

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In order to install these packages, you can use rpm –Uvh command by changing directory to CentOS
directory inside the CD (DVD) of CentOS installation as shown below

3. Changes to be made to Kernel parameters

After installing above mentioned packages, we need to change some Kernel parameters and make them match
to Oracle requirements. Parameters which should be changed are shown below

shmmax 2147483648
shmmni 4096
shmall 2097152
shmmin 1
semmsl 250
semmns 32000
semopm 100
semmni 128
file-max 65536
ip_local_port_range 1024 65000
rmem_default 1048576
rmem_max 1048576
wmem_default 262144
wmem_max 262144

We do all these changes in the /etc/sysctl.conf file by adding these lines to that file:

kernel.shmmax = 2147483648

kernel.shmall = 2097152

kernel.shmmni=4096

kernel.sem=250 32000 100 128

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fs.file-max=65536

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=1024 65000

net.core.rmem_default=1048576

net.core.rmem_max=1048576

net.core.wmem_default=262144

net.core.wmem_max=262144

After appending those lines we save that file and run the following command to make these changes effective
immediately in the running system

/sbin/sysctl –p

Setting Shell limits for the Oracle UserTo improve the performance of the software on Linux systems, you
must increase the following shell limits for the oracle user:

1. Add the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf file

oracle soft nproc 2047

oracle hard nproc 16384

oracle soft nofile 1024

oracle hard nofile 65536

2. Add the following lines to /etc/pam.d/login file

session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so

session required pam_limits.so

3. In order to use Oracle Software, we need to make a change in “oracle” user’s buffer size and number of
opened file descriptors. In order to do it, we add below lines to /etc/profile file

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if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then

if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then

ulimit -p 16384

ulimit -n 65536

else

ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536

fi

fi

4. Changing redhat-release file

One of the first checks performed by the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) is to determine if the host platform
is supported. The OUI uses the file /etc/redhat-release to determine the platform. For the case of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, Oracle Database 10g Release 2 expects either RHEL 3 or RHEL/OEL 4.

The easiest way to get around this error is to modify the /etc/redhat-release file replacing the current release
information (CentOS release 5 (Final)) with the following:

redhat-4

Before modifying /etc/redhat-release, make a backup copy of the file and ensure to replace the original one
after the Oracle installation and patch process has been completed.

cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.original

echo “redhat-4″ > /etc/redhat-release

After all these configurations, you should get this result:

4. Create groups and user for Oracle Installation

In this step, we create “oinstall” and “dba” groups and “oracle” user to install Oracle Software, and create

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new Database

groupadd oinstall

groupadd dba

useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash -c “Oracle Software Owner” oracle

passwd oracle

5. Installing Oracle Database 10g Release 2

First of all, we need to download Oracle Database 10g R2. To download it, use this link:

http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle10g/10201/10201_database_linux32.zip

After download finish, we need to copy this file to the Virtual Machine. To copy it, we have two choices:

Copy it using USB Flash Drive

Copy it using Samba service
Create an image file (.iso) from zipped installation and mount it to Virtual Machine

Here, we’re going to copy the zipped file using second technique. With any ISO creator program, create .iso
file from zipped installation file of Oracle Database. And then mount it to the Virtual Machine as shown
below:

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Now switch to the desktop of CentOS, right click on DVD of CentOS installation on the desktop and click
“Eject” as shown below:

Now enter to “Computer” and double click on “CD-ROM” icon.

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Installation file of Oracle Database will be opened:

Now, create install folder on the /tmp directory, change owner of this folder to “oracle”, copy this file into
/tmp/install directory

Then unzip this file and begin installation as follows:

After unzip completes, installation will begin automatically

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Oracle Database 10g Installation

If you want to create new database after software installation, check “Create Starter Database” checkbox and
enter database name and password, then click Next

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Specify Inventory directory (keep it as default) and click Next

Here we see that all Prerequisite Checks succeeded.

Click Install to begin installation

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Now, we’re installing Oracle 10g Software.

6. Creating an Oracle Database

As we’ve checked “Create Starter Database” at the first page of the installation, new database will be created
automatically after software installation

After database created, you’ll get information about your database, Enterprise Manager and Spfile

Click Ok. In the below window, you’ll get location for two scripts which you should run as a root user to
complete last configurations. Open new Terminal window and run those two scripts:

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Installation of Oracle Database 10g completed successfully! Congratulations!

Now reboot your server and login as oracle user and start newly created database.

If we want to login to our database, we run sqlplus. But before it, we need to set Environment Variables. We
can do it automatically by adding them to .bashrc file in the /home/oracle directory as below:

export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

alias database =’export ORACLE_SID=kamran;sqlplus “/ as sysdba”‘

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Now, let’s open new terminal and try again

As you see, after setting Environment Variables to their correct values, I was able to login to SQL*Plus using
two ways.

7. Connecting to Database with Enterprise Manager

Now, let’s start Oracle Enterprise Manager. In order to use EM, we should firstly start listener. In production
environment, you need automate database, listener and EM startup. To automate them, please refer to one of
my previous blogs – “Automatically StartUp and Shutdown an Oracle Database in Linux OS”

Start the listener

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Then, start Enterprise Manager

Now, we can login to EM page to administer our database using above given address:

http://localhost.localdomain:1158/em/

Enter user sys and its password, then select “SYSDBA” as a role and click Login

Using Enterprise Manager, you can administer your database in very easy steps

That’s all!! Our Database and EM is ready for use! Congratulations!!!

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By following above mentioned steps we were able to install Oracle 10g R2 on CentOS 5. But if we carry out
frequent tests and as a result of these tests each time we are to install Oracle Database, then we need to
automate installation of Oracle Database. I would suggest two options to overcome this problem:

1. To install CentOS+Oracle on VMware and copy image of VMware to elsewhere, then each time use
this image to get fresh copy of Oracle Database
2. To automate installation of Oracle Database by using Shell Script

Let’s explain each option in details:

1. Firstly, I usually create new Virtual Machine with 10GB size. Then, I install CentOS on it and create an
Oracle Database with all its configurations. Then I shut down Virtual Machine and copy all the folders
to another directory. Usually, I create two copies of the Virtual Machine. Then I do all my tests on the
first Virtual Machine. When it becomes useless, I shut down and delete it as a whole folder, open
second Virtual Machine which I’ve copied and continue my tests.
2. Second way is the best method of approach to the problem. For this, I create a shell script and write all
steps and do all configuration changes from this script. By running this script once, all configurations
needed for Oracle Installation will be changed automatically and we will only be asked for new oracle
user’s password and next we’ll see installation page open.

Automating installation of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on Centos 5 using Shell Script

To automate this job, we wrote a Shell Script. Before running this script, we should follow some steps as
shown below:

1. Firstly you should know that before running this script we should create install directory in /tmp directory
and copy zipped installation file of Oracle to this directory with this installation script

2. Before running this script we must be sure that installation DVD of CentOS has been inserted or installation
DVD image of CentOS mounted to the system. You can check it by running this code:

3. After installation completes, change the following Environment Variables and alias name into proper names
which you’ve used during installation in the .bashrc file

1. ORACLE_HOME – If it is different folder, change it to correct value

2. ORACLE_SID – If it is different SID, change it to correct SID
3. As an alias, you can assign whatever you want

If everything is OK as mentioned above, we change directory to /tmp/install folder and run install.sh file. By
running this shell script, all configurations needed for installation will be automatically changed and only thing
asked will be oracle user’s password. After that we’ll see Oracle Database installation page. By clicking Next
buttons we’ll be able to install Oracle Software and Database very easily

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Now, let’s install Oracle Database 10g using this Shell Script

First of all, we need to create install folder in the /tmp directory and copy zipped installation file of Oracle
Database 10g to /tmp/install directory with install.sh script and check their existence. After that we need to
mount Centos DVD once more, because we’re going to install some packages that were not installed with
CentOS. After getting below screen, you can start installation

Here we see that

We have zipped installation file of Oracle Database 10g in the /tmp/install directory
We mounted CentOS DVD

Now, switch to /tmp/install folder and run install.sh script

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Here, enter oracle user’s password. Then click ok. After this step, zipped file will be unzipped

After it finishes unzipping, we’ll get Installation Window

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That’s all! After getting this page, you should follow above mentioned installation steps in which we installed
Oracle Database manually.

Using automatic install script we’ve avoided of all configuration settings and got Oracle 10gR2 installer page
opened successfully

The automatic installation script for Oracle Database on Linux is as follows:

#########———— Installing Rpm files —–########

#Change directory to /tmp/install

cd /tmp/install

#Install all packages that are not installed during OS installation and that are required packages for
Oracle Database 10gR2

echo “Installing rpm packages …”

rpm -Uvh “$(find /media/ -name compat-db*)”

rpm -Uvh “$(find /media/ -name sysstat*)”

rpm -Uvh “$(find /media/ -name libaio-devel*)”

rpm -Uvh “$(find /media/ -name libXp-1*)”

echo “Rpm packages installed

#Add lines to limits.conf file

echo “Changing limits.conf file”

cat >> /etc/security/limits.conf <<EOF

oracle soft nproc 2047

oracle hard nproc 16384

oracle soft nofile 1024

oracle hard nofile 65536

EOF

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echo “limits.conf file changed successfully

#Add lines to profile to give maximum limit for Oracle user

echo “Changing /etc/profile file ….”

cat >> /etc/profile <<EOF

if [ \$USER = "oracle" ]; then

if [ \$SHELL = "bin/ksh" ]; then

ulimit -p 16384

ulimit -n 65536

else

ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536

fi

umask 022

fi

EOF

echo “/etc/profile file changed successfully

#Add line to /etc/pam.d/login file

echo “Changing /etc/pam.d/login file …”

cat >> /etc/pam.d/login <<EOF

session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so

EOF

echo “/etc/pam.d/login file changed successfuly

#Add some kernel parameters to /etc/sysctl.conf file

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echo “Changing kernel parameters … “

cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf <<EOF

kernel.shmmax = 2147483648

kernel.shmall = 2097152

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=1048576

net.core.rmem_max=1048576

net.core.wmem_default=262144

net.core.wmem_max=262144

EOF

echo “Kernel parameters changed successfully

#Save all new kernel parameters

/sbin/sysctl -p

#Add “redhat-4″ line to /etc/redhat-release file

echo “Changing /etc/redhat-release file …”

cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.original

echo “redhat-4″ > /etc/redhat-release

echo “/etc/redhat-release file changed successfully

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#Create new groups and “oracle” user and add this user to group

echo “Creating new groups and ‘oracle’ user …”

groupadd oinstall

groupadd dba

useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash -c “Oracle Software Owner” oracle

passwd oracle

echo “Groups and user created successfully

#Adding Environment Variables

#Adding Environment Variables

cat >> /home/oracle/.bashrc <<EOF

export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

alias mydb=’export ORACLE_SID=mydb;sqlplus “/ as sysdba”‘

export ORACLE_SID=mydb

EOF

EOF

#Unzip setup of Oracle

echo “Unzipping setup of Oracle 10g Release 2…. “

unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip

echo “Setup file successfully unzipped

#Enter to installation directory and run the installation …

echo “Installation begins …”

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cd /tmp/install/database

chmod 755 runInstaller

chmod 755 install/.oui

chmod 755 install/unzip

xhost +

sudo -u oracle /tmp/install/database/runInstaller

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1.

ahmet said
May 6, 2009 at 10:47 am

VMware Server 2.0 ‘da,Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 update 4 üzerine Oracle 10g r2 kurarken son adımda
database kurulumunda aşağıda bulunan linke koyduğum hatayı aldım;
http://www.resimbank.org/share-75A2_4A0121A7.html
bunun sebebi ne olabilir? çalışmalarınızın devamını dilerim,
şimdiden teşekkürler.

2.

ahmet said

May 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm

Merhaba tekrar,

compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm
sysstat-7.0.2-1.el5.i386.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386.rpm
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.rpm

paketlerini Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 update 4 sistemine kurmadım,

bundan dolayı olabilir mi?
teşekkürler.

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3.

Kamran Agayev A. said

May 6, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Merhaba Ahmet
Hataya bakdim. Amma gorunduyu gibi Oracle Software kurulmus, ama Oracle Database-in kurulumu
ashamasinda Enterprise Manager-in configuration-inda hata almishsin. Error-da yazildiqi gibi
installation-a devam edip Enterprise Manager-in konfigurasiyasini sonradan emca utility-si ile yapa
bilirsin
Amma gosterdiyim 4 paketi kurma ZORUNDASIN. Belki onlar otomatik kurulmushdur (eger CentOS-u
full olarak install etdiysen)
Onlari rpm -Uvh ile bir daha install etmeyi dene. Amma senin Oracle Datbase-in normal kurulmushdur
bence. Database-e koshulup calisdiqina baka bilirmisin?

4.

Mariane said
May 7, 2009 at 7:05 pm

Hi Kamran,

What a good and detailed guide.

I have a question about the installation of Oracle 10g release2 on CENTOS. I have a Virtual server of
CENTOS 5 and I am following the steps in your document.
However when I try to run the installer I get an error saying that it can’t connect to the X11 window
server. Is there a step that I missed?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
mariane

5.

Kamran Agayev A. said

May 8, 2009 at 9:17 am

Hi Mariane and welcome to my Blog.

You have to options:

1. By connecting root user, before installation of Oracle run

[root@localhost database]xhost +
[root@localhost database]./runInstaller

2. Additionaly, after creating oracle user, before installation you can logout from root user, login with
oracle user and try installation. I think you’ll success

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Good Luck

6.

Vijay said
May 24, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Hi Kumaran,

It’s really wonderful about the articles you plblished in your web site.

I have question like I was in SAP for some time not really many opp are coming I want to start my
carrier as Oracle DBA on Unix – linux and I am hands on Unix and I have teaching exp as Oracle DBA
long back 5 years ago about 1 year.

What do you suggest like should I continue my carrier as Oracle DBA or not ? If so On which flavour
of unix do u suggest….I do agree that Linux is available on free some time.

Please advise me.

Thanks in Advance

Vijay

7.

Kamran Agayev A. said

May 27, 2009 at 11:59 am

Hi Vijay
Firstly I want to notice that, my name is Kamran, not Kumaran. I’m from Azerbaijan, not from
Pakistan

I strongly advice you to continue your career as Oracle DBA. It’s your choice. Start learning Oracle on
Linux (RedHat, CentOS and etc.)

Do practices, read documentations. Being Oracle DBA/Developer is a very good choice for your
career. Good luck

8.

Jorge Reis said

June 6, 2009 at 8:16 pm

I really liked your blog!

9.

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Shyam Singh said

June 10, 2009 at 10:32 am

Hi Kamran,

Good post. Really helpful for all.

10.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 10, 2009 at 10:35 am

Hi Shyam

Keep going. Test all that written above and practice them step by step. I assume that it will help you
more

11.

Shyam Singh said

June 10, 2009 at 10:45 am

Kamran,

afew days back, I installed oracle database 10.2 on mac os server 10.5.4.

I have some issues on that.

Did you installed oracle ever on mac os ??

12.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 10, 2009 at 10:48 am

No I didn’t
But there’re some beautiful articles written about this. One of them is :
http://www.williamrobertson.net/documents/install-oracle10g-intelmac.html

13.

Shyam Singh said

June 10, 2009 at 10:59 am

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I gone through this article long back.

some more beautiful articles are also here. for your info

1. http://blog.rayapps.com/2009/04/12/how-to-install-oracle-database-10g-on-mac-os-x-intel/

2. http://www.pythian.com/news/1937/quick-install-guide-for-oracle-10g-release-2-on-mac-
os-x-leopard-intel

3. http://www.nostalgix.org/blog/2005/05/install-oracle-10g-on-mac-os-x-104.html

Thanks.

14.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 10, 2009 at 11:03 am

Thanks Shyam for information. It will be useful for visitors who interest in Installing Oracle on Mac

15.

billydekid said
June 10, 2009 at 1:20 pm

Hi Kamran,

Great tutorial! Thans a lot brother!

[bayu] – Indonesia

16.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 10, 2009 at 2:48 pm

Hi Bayu
Welcome to my Blog! I’m happy to see you here

17.

Shyam Singh said

June 10, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Kamran,

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I installed oracle software 10.2 on mac os server first then create database using dbca. It went well but
I did not find HR user created by system by default.

Can you suggest what will be the possible reason??

18.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 10, 2009 at 4:21 pm

I think you should install Sample Schemas

While creating database with dba, you should check the checkbox of “Create Sample Schemas”
If you didn’t check it, you can install it manually after creation of database

Please refer to documentation for how to install manually the Sample Schema
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14198/installation.htm#I6806

19.

Shyam Singh said

June 11, 2009 at 9:23 am

But all other schemas are available excluding HR.

I will try to do it manually.

20.

billydekid said
June 14, 2009 at 4:04 am

Hi,

Just small corrections on 4th steps (groupadd) above, to remove -g option.

The script is already correct, without -g option.

[bayu]

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Kamran Agayev A. said

June 22, 2009 at 12:54 pm

You’re right Bayu. We use -g option when we want to give numeric value for the group

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Thanks for correction!

22.

Imran Rasheed said

June 28, 2009 at 4:03 am

Really good stuff

23.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 29, 2009 at 9:06 am

Thanks Imran

24.

aditt said
June 30, 2009 at 5:19 am

dear Kamran

i followed all steps in your blog, and done installing oracle on my computer with no error. but when i
tried to open em(i already started the listener), there’s an alert said “The connection was refused when
attempting to contact basdat.ittelkom.ac.id:1158″. i dont know, maybe the network parameter is
incorrect(im using static IP address), but i just dont know how to fix it, since im stil new to RHEL
environment.
i hope you can help.
thanks, and sorry for my bad emglish, its my secondary language

nice blog btw

-aditt-

25.

billydekid said
June 30, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Hi Kamran,
But the command is still not corrected

It’s still:
groupadd -g oinstall

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groupadd -g dba

26.

Kamran Agayev A. said

June 30, 2009 at 4:54 pm

Ups. I’ve forgotten Bayu. I’ve made that change. You can see

27.

rezzu said
July 4, 2009 at 8:23 am

Hi Kamaran,

Excellent document.

I am looking help on how to setup primary database and standby database.

how to sync and failover . pl advise.

regards
rezzu

28.

Kamran Agayev A. said

July 4, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Hi Rezzu

It is one of my plans to write a step by step article about it. But for now, I can only direct you to
another well written document about “how create standby database”. Please refer to below link

http://blogs.oracle.com/alejandroVargas/gems/DataGuardPhysicalStandbystep.pdf

29.

Kamran Agayev A. said

July 4, 2009 at 2:23 pm

Hi Aditt
I’m very happy that you were able to install Oracle on Linux usint this article.
In order to solve your problem, you can refer to below links. There’re so many suggestions and topics

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which were discussed in forums

http://tinyurl.com/mhxbwc

30.

aditt said

July 5, 2009 at 11:25 am

thx kamran

i will check it out, i will let u know if its work, and if its not, perhaps i will back here

31.

Kamran Agayev A. said

July 6, 2009 at 8:53 am

Ok Aditt. Let me know the result

32.

aditt said
July 6, 2009 at 2:59 pm

yay, thanks sir, the installation is done, and working

i think last time i installed oracle, i forget to start dbconsloe, hehe, and also something with .bashrc file,
i just dont understand, my bad.

so today i re-install the OS, rpm package, and then installing oracle, following steps in this blog, and
also reading the manual, and voila, its work, although i’m still a a little bit confused with
ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_SID, export this, export that, etc, but its okay, oracle
is working, and i can learn about those later hehe

thank GOD i found this blog

thanks a lot for writing this blog and replying my questions

regards
aditt

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Kamran Agayev A. said

July 6, 2009 at 4:56 pm

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Hi Aditt
I’m very glad that this article was helpful
And DON’T be confused on exports. It’s very easy. You can have more than one database in your
system. And each time you run sqlplus and connect to database, Oracle SHOULD KNOW which
database to connect. Thus, you export ORACLE_SID and tell Oracle that now you want to connect to
this database
For more information, you can refer to :
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Oracle/DBA_tips/Unix/UNIX_4.shtml
http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~c391/manual/chapt3.html

Additonaly, now I’m working on Video Tutorial on “Oracle Installation”. For my first Video Tutorial,
you can refer below link:
http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/using-rlwrap-to-get-command-lines-history-in-sqlplus-
video-tutorial/

Good Luck!

34.

aditt said
July 7, 2009 at 5:38 am

o0o0ow, i see now.

another help from you
thanks again for the explanation, and for the link too.

and the video, that’s a great idea, i wonder if i can download it, so i can watch it offline hehe

35.

Kamran Agayev A. said

July 7, 2009 at 8:59 am

You’re welcome Aditt

36.

Shyam Singh said

July 24, 2009 at 11:59 am

Hi Kamran,

I have oracle database 10.2 running on mac server 10.5.7.

Now a days, when I start database manually it took more time to start. However there is not huge data
in my database stored.

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Can you tell what is the possible reason of delay to start.

Thanks.

–Shyam

37.

Alejandro said
August 8, 2009 at 5:30 am

Hola Kamran Agayev, solo quiero decir que la guia es EXCELENTE. Muy buena.

¿Como puedo definir un ORACLE_SID? No me funciono el EM, porque no tengo definido el SID.

Gracias

38.

Kamran Agayev A. said

August 10, 2009 at 9:13 am

Hi Alejandro and thank you for your comment. Although it’s written in Spanish, I was able to translate
it using google
You wrote:

I just want to say that the guide is excellent. Very good

How can one define ORACLE_SID? I do not run the MS, because I do not set the SID.

My Answer:
If you use Windows, then use set ORACLE_SID=your_sid
If you use Linux, then use export ORACLE_SID=your_sid

That’s all. Now, let me translate it to Spanish

Si utiliza Windows, y luego use conjunto ORACLE_SID = your_sid

Si usas Linux, a continuación, utilice la exportación ORACLE_SID = your_sid

39.

Naveed said
August 10, 2009 at 2:59 pm

Thanks men it is really help full for me .. Once again thanks a lot ..

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Kamran Agayev A. said

August 10, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Hi Naveed. You’re welcome!

41.

Prageet said

September 15, 2009 at 7:38 pm

Hi Kamran,
It’s really wonderful about the articles you published.
It’s really help me to understand how to install oracle on linux.
Its an Excellent document.
I am desperately searching for this type of document.
I followed all the steps which you mention in the blog.
I successfully installed the Oracle 10g on Linux.
But I got one error after restarting my Laptop.
When i try to connect to database url http://localhost.localdomain:1158/em
i am getting following error:-
ORA-12505 TNS:listener does not currently know of SID given in current description.

Please help me to resolve this error

Waiting for your reply.

42.

hema mehta said

September 15, 2009 at 9:27 pm

sir,
i want to install oracle 10g to learn oracle 10g dba please tell me which server/software i have to
install.can i use same server for oracle 10g developer for sql/plsql,please give me detail of computer
configuration for installation

43.

Kamran Agayev A. said

September 16, 2009 at 9:03 am

Hi Prageet. I’m so happy that this article helped you somehow

According to error you get, you need to shutdown the database, shutdown the listener and Enterprise
manager. Then open the database, listener and Enterprise Manager in these steps. You should open
Database firstly, then listener and then EM. Doing that way, you’ll be able to start Enterprise Manager
without getting any error.

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Good Luck

44.

Kamran Agayev A. said

September 16, 2009 at 9:11 am

Hi Hema
If you want to install Oracle, you can use Oracle for Windows, it’s very easy. By clicking some “Next”
buttons you’ll succesfully install Oracle on Linux
If you want to install Oracle on Linux, you need to download CentOS (it’s free) and using this blog post
try to install Oracle on Linux

Good Luck

45.

Prageet said

September 16, 2009 at 10:48 am

Thanks Sir for the reply,

But i am not able to shutdown the database.I am not able to login in SQLPLUS with SYSDBA.
Please help me.
And i have a small query sir.
I want to create another database on same host.It can be done with dbca command.But how can i
configure it to run on linux??
And also how can verify the number of database running on host with sql query??
Please help me sir.
Waiting for your reply.

46.

Kamran Agayev A. said

September 16, 2009 at 10:52 am

Hi Prageet
Try to connect to the database as follows:

[oracle@localhost ]sqlplus “/ as sysdba”

But before connection, make sure you’ve set environment variables such as ORACLE_HOME,
ORACLE_SID and PATH

If you want to create another db on the same machine, firstly you need to set PATH variable to
$ORACLE_HOME/bin and run dbca command (Database Configuration Assistant) to create new
database

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To verify number of databases running on the host use:

[oracle@locahost] ps -aux | grep pmon

There, you’ll find the name of each instance running on your host

You can post your questions on http://forums.oracle.com under Database-General topic to get more
brief answers from other DBAs

Good Luck

47.

Prageet said
September 16, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Once again thank you very much sir for your prompt reply.
It resolve my problem.
But when i create another database on same machine & after creation i restart the laptop & start
listener & dbconsole but after this i am not able to login in Enterprise Manager whose url is:
http://localhost.localdoamin:5500/em.
When i start dbconsole it start only my first database url:-http://localhost.localdomain:1158/em
I am able to connect my first database.But when i try to connect my second database it show me error:-
error:-”CANNOT ESTABLISH THE CONNECTION WITH LOCALHOST.LOCALDOMAIN”
I donot understand what is the problem.
Please help me.

48.

Ghost Ryder said

September 17, 2009 at 6:27 am

Great Great Article, Good Job. I was able to install oracle on Linux (CentOS 5.2) and got it off the
ground with the help of Kamran’s Step by Step Guide.

49.

Kamran Agayev A. said

September 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm

Hi Prageet
I’d suggest you to post your question to OTN forum please. Don’t worry, I’m there

50.

Kamran Agayev A. said

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September 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Hi Ghost Ryder. I’m so happy that my article was useful. Go on learning Oracle

51.

Prageet said
September 17, 2009 at 6:42 pm

Ok sir i will do that…….

But i want to thank you once again for this wonderful article & also your help.

52.

Kamran Agayev A. said

September 17, 2009 at 6:43 pm

Hi Prageet
You’re welcome. I’ll try to add more Step by Step explanation guides to help beginners to learn Oracle
easily

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54.

KAMAL said
October 5, 2009 at 6:54 pm

Hi

I have install Oracle 9i on Redhat Linux 4.

I am not able to user isqlplus through mozilla.
Is there configuration needs to be done.
I have checked all the services like http,listner etc.

Please help me I am not getting solution..

55.

mostafa said

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October 11, 2009 at 7:31 pm

Hi Tnks for sharing your experience can yo help my about step by step install physical standby white
rman?

56.

Kamran Agayev A. said

October 12, 2009 at 8:57 am

Hi Mostafa. Unfortunately I haven’t created step by step instruction on how to create standby database
using RMAN yet. As you know I’m currently working on my RMAN book and there’s a one seperate
chapter for “Creating physical standby database using RMAN”
However, there’re a lot of examples over net which you can find by google-ing. Moreover, I’d suggest
you to refer to documentation
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14239/rcmbackp.htm#i636377

Good Luck

57.

Alejandro said

October 20, 2009 at 7:17 am

Hi KAMAL, once you started your oracle, in your shell type:

[oracle@localhost ~]$ isqlplusctl start

iSQL*Plus 10.2.0.1.0
Copyright (c) 2003, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Starting iSQL*Plus …
iSQL*Plus started.
[oracle@localhost ~]$

With that you can connect to the server throw web browser:
http://localhost:5560/isqplus

sorry for my english.

58.

Rahul said
October 20, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Hi,

Nice article with lot of knowledge. Thanks a lot.

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59.

Nicolas Gasparotto said

October 23, 2009 at 1:05 pm

You probably would like to read the following http://diznix.com/2009/10/21/problems-with-xen-

and-goal/ especially regarding the prerequisites pam_limits.so

Nicolas.

60.

homonloo said
November 13, 2009 at 1:09 pm

hi . how are u? thanks for learn. im from iran

im 25 years old. i use to sql server 2005 and i want to study oracle dbms, how can i study oracle. please
help me , thanks,

61.

Huseyn said
December 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Salam!zehmet deyilse mene komek ede bilersiz.men linuxa teze baslayiram bele 1 problemle
uzlesmisem.oracle install etmek ucun gosterdiyiniz emrleri etdim bu sehvi verdi.mumkunse komek
ederdizde.cox sagolun!
There were errors encountered in trying to update the software you selected.

file /usr/share/man/man1/Xserver.1x.gz from

install of xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.67.el5.i386 conflicts with file from package xorg-x11-server-
Xnest-1.1.1-48.52.el5.i386
file /usr/share/man/man1/Xserver.1x.gz from install of xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.1.1-48.67.el5.i386
conflicts with file from package xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.1.1-48.52.el5.i386

62.

pouctam said
December 8, 2009 at 10:53 pm

I just came across your site and am very delighted! I want to be part of your discussion group!

You’ve done and are doing a great job!

Keep up man!

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I noted that you did not address the network aspect in the during the above installation of Oracle. I
know you mention during the creation of VMware machone you use a bridged network. Is it enough for
the Oracle installation?
Thank you!

63.

Atif said
December 8, 2009 at 11:47 pm

hey thanks it really helped me a lot to start my oracle

i am preparing for OCP and oracle on linux certification.
with this tutorial i am able to con to oracle database on linux
otherwise i have to do oracle on windows

Thanks once again,

Atif Iqbal

(Bakuryu)

64.

Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 9:59 am

Hi Atif Iqbal. I’m so happy that this article has helped you

65.

Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 10:01 am

Hi pouctam

As we use VMware for testing purpose, it’s enough to use bridged network, although we have different
options

66.

Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 10:02 am

Salam Huseyn

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Bu xetani hansi seviyyede almisan?

Hansi linuxu istifade edirsen?
Yazdiqlarimi addim addim izlemisense, bu xetani almamalisan, teklif ederdim bir daha addimlari izleyib
Oracle Installation-i yoxlayasan

Uqurlar

67.

Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 10:04 am

Hi homonloo

I’d suggest you to start reading Oracle Documentation from http://tahiti.oracle.com (Especially 2 Days
Administration docs)

Start reading documentation, Install Oracle and do more practices. Moreover, I’d suggest you to read
any OCA preparation books, because they have lot of examples and practices than documentation

Good Luck

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Thang said
December 9, 2009 at 11:39 am

your guide is the great among all the guides I searched in Google, THANKS

I have one inquery, If I install CentOS 5.4 64 bit version & Oracle 10g for Linux 64 bit, is this the same
?
I guess it’s same except they need different set of prerequisite .rpm, if it’s so, what are they ?

thanks

Thang

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Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 11:55 am

Hi Thankg

Thank you for your comment. Yes, you’re right. You need to install additional rpms, but all the steps
are same

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Atif said
December 9, 2009 at 12:13 pm

hey kamran
I want to tell you that I was installing oracle on linux since 10 days but by reading your tutorial I
installed and configured the oracle settings within 10 mins.
So you might be knowing how HAPPY I might be.

Now I want to know how to set editor for oracle so as to use ed cmd
I tried
export VIEWER=vi;
but this dint work please do tell me how to set editor..

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Imran Yusubov said

December 9, 2009 at 1:02 pm

I am very happy beeng a student of Kamran Agayev……!

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Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Thank you Imran for your kind words. I’m also happy having students like you

73.

Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Hi Atif. I’m so happy that my article has helped you somehow

Use the following command:

export EDITOR=vi

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December 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm

export EDITOR=vi works in my classes but it dint work on my pc

i tried
define_editor = vi
on sql prompt and it worked
thanks for reply

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Thang said
December 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm

Kamram,

what are the specific prerequisites .rpm for Oracle 10g 64 bit on CentOS 5.4 64 bit ?
appreciate your help to list it here, so I will try it tomorrow
thanks

Thang

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Kamran Agayev A. said

December 9, 2009 at 7:31 pm

See the following link

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15667/pre_install.htm#CIHFICFD

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Thang said
December 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Hi
I just look at this link but it doesn’t relate to 64bit platform specifically, could you please explain why !?

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Thang said
December 9, 2009 at 8:26 pm

oh Sorry, I found it at the top of the page

Oracle® Database Installation Guide

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10g Release 2 (10.2) for Linux x86-64

thanks

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Kamran Agayev A. said

December 10, 2009 at 5:52 pm

@Thang

Good Luck

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Zeynel Seyrekel said

January 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm

Hi Kamran,
I was looking for guides to install Oracle 11gR2 EE (plus OBIEE later) on CentOS 5.4,
it was really difficult to find some useful documentations..finally I found your guides..they seem to be
very clear,
guess I can use them also for the new versions, CentOS 5.4 + ORA 11gR2…???
Have still a question regarding the selected packages, you say:
‘To install packages, especially for working with Oracle Server, select all options except Clustering and
Storage Clustering. Then select Customize now option and click Next’ +
‘Then, from Base System menu, select Legacy Software Support, System Tools and click Next ‘

to we really need them all?

Thanks a lot
Zeynel

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm

Dear Zeynal. Sure not. But in case of selecting each rpm package inside the list and for quick
installation, I suggest to select them all. However, you only need those packages that are required for
Oracle (they’re written in the installation guide of each OS)

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February 21, 2010 at 5:45 pm

Thanks for the info Kamran,

finally I could manage to complete the installation;
(CentOS 5.4 + ORA 11gR2) some modificiations were needed,
also ORA-WarehouseBuilder is activated, and it’s running well,
next step is ORA-BI

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 26, 2010 at 3:49 pm

Congratulations Zeynel!

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Muhammad Nadeem Zafar said

March 17, 2010 at 5:03 pm

Dear Kamran,
Its an excellent document. I like your blog. I will stay in contact with you.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

March 18, 2010 at 9:35 am

Dear Muhammad
You’re welcome and thank you for your comment.

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Ajay said
March 18, 2010 at 5:52 pm

I am total novice to CentOS as well as oracle. Just by following the steps mentioned here, I was able to
successfully install the oracle. Thanks a lot and keep up the good work. Thanks again.

Ajay

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Kamran Agayev A. said

March 18, 2010 at 7:48 pm

Dear Ajar

Welcome to my blog and thank you for your comment. I’m so happy for you

Good Luck!

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Jamsheer AK said
March 22, 2010 at 12:16 am

Hi sir,
Actually I am doing My academic project so I need to Automate the VM installation and creation of
VM and also load mysql on that VM and test the query using Mysql benchmark sysbench.
can you give some instruction to Automate the above process?

Thanks in advance.

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Akın said
March 26, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Merhaba Kamran

Redhat EL5 ve Oracle 10g kurulu makinada rman ile ibm tsm üzerinden tape e bakup almak istiyorum.

yol gösterebilirmisin

şimdiden teşekkür

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Brandon said
March 26, 2010 at 10:32 pm

Kamran,

You have done a great job with this tutorial. I have found it incredibly useful in my installation on
CentOS 5.4. I have been working through some basic issues, such as a connection refusal when trying

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to launch the Enterprise Manager Console. I was getting the following error message in the emoms.log
file

WARN jdbc.ConnectionCache _getConnection.306 – Io exception: Then Network Adapter could not

establish the connection.

I checked to make sure that I have my firewall and virus control off. I am thinking that the issue may
revolve around the connection method. I will review the information that you provided on DHCP
connections as this is currently my set up. Any thoughts?

Best,

Brandon

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Kamran Agayev A. said

March 27, 2010 at 12:18 am

Dear Brandon. Thank you for your comment

Please make sure you’ve started the listener and then EM consequently

emctl stop dbconsole

lsnrctl start
emctl start dbconsole

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Jamsheer AK said
March 27, 2010 at 12:38 am

Can you give some instruction to Automate the VM machine ? like power on machine. after power on I
want to launch the window that already power on.I did the power on process using the VIX api and Still
I am struggling with launch the VM machine window. can u give some instruction how to do that?

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Kamran Agayev A. said

March 27, 2010 at 12:44 am

Dear Jamsheer

Unfortunately I’m not VMware professional so can’t help you on this

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Jamsheer AK said
March 27, 2010 at 12:53 am

thank you. Why I send you this because I saw your post like step by step to install the VMware.so I
thought like that you can help me.its ok. can you give some instruction that how to automate Mysql
server installation using shell script in linux?

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Kamran Agayev A. said

April 7, 2010 at 9:56 am

Merhaba Akin

Bu konuda genis bilgini asaqidaki blog post-dan ala bilirsin

http://bigdaveroberts.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/installing-and-supporting-oracle-rman-and-tivoli-dpo/

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Habib said
April 17, 2010 at 1:46 pm

This is a very very helpful post. I am installing Oracle 10g R2 on Centos 5. I followed all the steps but
when I write ./runInstaller I get following error. Kamran I would be really thankful if you please help
me in getting rid of this error.

[omer@server255 database]$ ./runInstaller

*** glibc detected *** /home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui: free(): invalid next size (normal):
0x080768d8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7efc595]
/lib/libc.so.6(cfree+0×59)[0xb7efc9d9]
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7eeb660]
/lib/libc.so.6(fopen+0x2c)[0xb7eeb69c]
/home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui[0x8059016]
/home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui[0x804d57e]
/home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui[0x8050768]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc)[0xb7ea8e9c]
/home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui(wait+0×41)[0x8049405]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-0805c000 r-xp 00000000 08:08 34439366 /home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui
0805c000-0805d000 rwxp 00014000 08:08 34439366 /home/omer/Desktop/database/install/.oui
0805d000-0807f000 rwxp 0805d000 00:00 0 [heap]
4e832000-4e83d000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 262372 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
4e83d000-4e83e000 rwxp 0000a000 08:05 262372 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1
b7c92000-b7e92000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1837969 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
b7e92000-b7e93000 rwxp b7e92000 00:00 0

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b7e93000-b7fd2000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 262166 /lib/libc-2.5.so

b7fd2000-b7fd3000 —p 0013f000 08:05 262166 /lib/libc-2.5.so
b7fd3000-b7fd5000 r-xp 0013f000 08:05 262166 /lib/libc-2.5.so
b7fd5000-b7fd6000 rwxp 00141000 08:05 262166 /lib/libc-2.5.so
b7fd6000-b7fd9000 rwxp b7fd6000 00:00 0
b7fd9000-b7fed000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 262190 /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
b7fed000-b7fee000 r-xp 00013000 08:05 262190 /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
b7fee000-b7fef000 rwxp 00014000 08:05 262190 /lib/libpthread-2.5.so
b7fef000-b7ff2000 rwxp b7fef000 00:00 0
b8000000-b8001000 r-xp b8000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
b8001000-b801b000 r-xp 00000000 08:05 262159 /lib/ld-2.5.so
b801b000-b801c000 r-xp 00019000 08:05 262159 /lib/ld-2.5.so
b801c000-b801d000 rwxp 0001a000 08:05 262159 /lib/ld-2.5.so
bfa0f000-bfa24000 rwxp bffeb000 00:00 0 [stack]
./runInstaller: line 47: 18154 Aborted $CMDDIR/install/.oui -oneclick
[omer@server255 database]$

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Kamran Agayev A. said

April 19, 2010 at 4:51 pm

Dear Habib
See the following link
http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/dont-install-oracle-on-linux-servers-with-long-kernel-
names/

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Chandu Ramabharathi said

April 20, 2010 at 11:27 pm

hi Kamran,

Can you post some articles on how to do patching and upgrading from a version to another version.
i have some doubts about the upgrade.

Br
Chandu

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Chandu said
April 20, 2010 at 11:28 pm

Thanks for the wonderful articles, i liked the Rman series a lot.

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with the recovery scenarios.

Br
Chandu

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Kamran Agayev A. said

April 21, 2010 at 8:48 am

Currently I’m working on the installation of Oracle 10g on OEL. I’ve noted your suggestion and try to
work on it

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prashant said
May 10, 2010 at 1:18 am

hi Kamran,
i have successfuly install oracle on my ubantu machine but when i am writing sqlplus on console it’s
showing sqlplus: command not found…….plz help me connect oracle

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Kamran Agayev A. said

May 10, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Hi Prashant

You need to set Environment variables PATH, ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID

Look at my step by step guide. I have done it in .bashrc file

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Atif Iqbal said

May 10, 2010 at 8:09 pm

Hey Prashant,
You Need to set ORACLE_HOME and PATH env variables,
First set ORACLE_HOME and then
set PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

To know your ORACLE_HOME view the inventory.xml file in your ContentsXML directory.

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Vladimir said
May 21, 2010 at 7:09 am

Thank you so much, Kamran.

This xhost + command under root user saved my day!
cd /tmp/install/database

chmod 755 runInstaller

chmod 755 install/.oui

chmod 755 install/unzip

xhost +

sudo -u oracle /tmp/install/database/runInstaller

Vladimir

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noname said
May 26, 2010 at 4:42 pm

Thanks for help,

This guide is really nice .. It is usable for oracle 10 g installation on linux platform and centos linux

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mulyana said
June 16, 2010 at 9:39 am

I found some error with my installation oracle 10g on centOS 5.4, when 62% install oracle : Error in
invokin target ‘ntcontab.o’ makefile ‘/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_4/network
/lib/ins_net_client.mk’ See ‘/home/oracle/oraInventory
/logs/installActions2010-06-16_07-19-27PM.log’ for details. Click ‘Help’, Retry’,'Ignore’,'Cancel’.

How problem solve with my installation, thank’s for your attention.

Best regards

A. Mulyana

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Kamran Agayev A. said

June 17, 2010 at 9:12 am

Dear Mulyana

Try to reinstall gcc and install Oracle Software again

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mulyana said
June 17, 2010 at 3:40 pm

ok, thank’s mr. Kamran… i will try again.

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William said
July 5, 2010 at 11:50 am

Thanks for the instructions Kamran!

110. Installing Oracle on Linux CentOS « The Survival Guides's Blog said

August 10, 2010 at 2:42 am

[...] Kamranagayev [...]

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Prathibha said
September 26, 2010 at 2:45 pm

Hi Kamaran,

I am glad to find ur blog. I have started my career as an Oracle DBA. Can you please give me
suggestions and share some of ur experiences in this field.Looking forward to hearing from you.

Prathibha

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Moslem Rashidi said

September 27, 2010 at 6:59 pm

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Dear Kamran,
I found same error as Mulyana said, Error in invokin target ‘ntcontab.o’ makefile ‘/home/oracle/oracle
/product/10.2.0/db_4/network/lib/ins_net_client.mk’
Also I saw you answer : “Try to reinstall gcc and install Oracle Software again”
for this re-installation which packages must be uninstalled and witch packages must be installed again?
I was confused because there are many packages that their names start with gcc with varios version!

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Hamza said
September 30, 2010 at 10:31 am

AoA Kamran,

God bless you for your efforts. You are doing a great service to other humans.

I am trying to install on CentOS 5.5. I am unable to install the following rpm’s, I get the error “no such
file or directory”: I have installed the packages that you have listed.

sysstat-7.0.2-1.el5.i386.rpm

libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386.rpm

Maybe they have different version number in 5.5, your example uses 5.2.

Could you guide me on that?

Jazakallah.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 5, 2010 at 11:35 am

Aleykum salam dear Hamza. Thank you for your feedback

I’m sure that you haven’t checked to install sysstat and libaio-devel rpm’s during installation. Please
make sure you’ve checked them and let me know

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 5, 2010 at 3:22 pm

Dear Moslem. I strongly believe that if you use the steps on installing rpms as I did, you’ll not get the
above error and will complete the installation successfully

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Hamza said
October 6, 2010 at 8:26 pm

AoA Kamran,

Thanks for the reply. Infact, I went ahead and installed Oracle 10g without these 2 rpm’s, and it is
running well.

Can you share the real purpose of these rpm’s?

Jazakallah.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 7, 2010 at 9:17 am

sysstat – This package provides the sar and iostat commands for Linux. Sar and iostat enable system
monitoring of disk, network, and other IO activity.

libaio-devel – This package provides header files to include and libraries to link with for the Linux-
native asynchronous I/O facility (“async I/O”, or “aio”).

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Moslem Rashidi said

October 12, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Dear kamran,
Thank you for your reply,
I can sucessfully install oracle but when I choose “install software only”.
Now when I use dbca to create my database, dbca window appares and I choose default options, but
when I press Finish button it doesn`t work without any error! only it remains on screen!
Let me know if you have any idea.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 12, 2010 at 7:55 pm

What error you get?

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Moslem Rashidi said

October 13, 2010 at 2:25 pm

dbca does not create database and event does not report error!
when I press finish button to start database creation in final wizard page , it does not any action and this
page remains on screen without any error !
Is there any log file? or do you have any idea to find the reason of this problem?

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 14, 2010 at 7:33 pm

Check $ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs/dbca/ folder

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Mohsin said
October 14, 2010 at 9:37 pm

Helo Kamran ,
I have a query that i have linux RHEL 5 installed on my machine and while installig Oracle 10g it
shows that i should install a lower version of LINUX like Linux 2,3,4. Can u help me out with the
installation process.
It will be really kind of u if u give me the installation steps of installing Oracle 10g on rhel 5.

Thank You
Mohsin

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Kamran Agayev A. said

October 15, 2010 at 8:58 am

Dear Mohsin

There’s no difference between installing Oracle on RHEL 5 and installing Oracle on CentOS or OEL
(Oracle Enterprise Linux)

So you can use my step by step explained video tutorial from the following link:
http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/video-tutorial-installing-oel-and-oracle-10gr2/

Or you can use my Step by Step explained installation guide of installing Oracle 10g on CentOS 5 :

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http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/step-by-step-installing-oracle-database-10g-release-
2-on-linux-centos-and-automate-the-installation-using-linux-shell-script/

Good Luck!

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Parag said
November 29, 2010 at 12:30 am

Hi Kamran,

I m very new to oracle and linux. I wanted to install oracle 10g on Enterprise Linux OS
on my PC. Actually this was a bit difficult task for the beginner like me.

I followed your step by step instruction in this tutorial, and i got oracle
installed successfully with little changes.

I m very much thankful to you. Please keep on this good work.

It is very helpful for the beginners like me.

Thanks you very much.

—– Parag

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[email protected] said
November 29, 2010 at 3:03 pm

hi i followed your steps.

i unable to install oracle
i am using xp and am booting linux fedora using vmvare.

can any body help me .

thanks

[root@localhost /]# cd tmp/

[root@localhost tmp]# cd install/
[root@localhost install]# ls
10201_database_linux32.zip database
[root@localhost install]# cd database/
[root@localhost database]# ls
doc install response runInstaller stage welcome.html
[root@localhost database]# ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer…

Checking installer requirements…

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Checking operating system version: must be redhat-3, SuSE-9, redhat-4, UnitedLinux-1.0, asianux-1 or
asianux-2
Failed <<<<

Exiting Oracle Universal Installer, log for this session can be found at
/tmp/OraInstall2010-11-29_12-05-19AM/installActions2010-11-29_12-05-19AM.log

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Kamran Agayev A. said

November 30, 2010 at 1:41 pm

You have missed to change /etc/redhat-release file as follows:

cp /etc/redhat-release /etc/redhat-release.original
echo “redhat-4″ > /etc/redhat-release

And please extract and run the installation zip file using “oracle” user

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ocl said
December 29, 2010 at 8:53 am

Error
Listener refused the connection with the following error: ORA-12516, TNS:listener could not find
available handler with matching protocol stack The Connection descriptor used by the client was:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=db-
samk.pertamina.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=ORA1)))

why? n help me

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 5, 2011 at 11:32 am

ORA-12516: TNS:listener could not find available handler with matching protocol stack
Cause: None of the known and available service handlers for the given SERVICE_NAME support the
client’s protocol stack: transport, session, and presentation protocols.

Action: Check to make sure that the service handlers (e.g. dispatchers) for the given SERVICE_NAME
are registered with the listener, are accepting connections, and that they are properly configured to
support the desired protocols.

Check your alert.log as well

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vedat said
January 14, 2011 at 11:32 pm

selam Kamran;
öncelikle böle bi blog oluşturduğun için teşekkürler.Ben senin anlatımınla centos üzerine oracle yi
kurdum.Şimdi bu oracle yi canlı sistem olarak düşünürsek içindede datalar var diyelim.Bunun bi
kopyasını nasıl test sistemine alabiliriz.
İyi çalışmalar.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 15, 2011 at 1:05 am

Merhaba Vedat. Feedback icin tesekkurler

Bunun icin bende 2 video tutorial var

Birincisi “Creating Duplicate Database” – http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/rman-

video-tutorial-series-creating-duplicate-and-standby-database-using-rman/
Bu video tutorialda men var olan bir database-in aynisini RMAN-le diger bir server-de yaratilmasindan
danishiram

Ikincisi “Performing Disaster Recovery” – http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/rman-

video-tutorial-series-performing-disaster-recovery-with-rman/
Bu video-da var olan database-in backup-ini alip diger database-de restore/recover edilmesinden
danishiram

Eger 11g kullaniyorsan, o zaman asaqidaki video tutorial-a da baka bilirsin

http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/rman-cloning-database-without-connecting-to-target-
db-and-recovery-catalog-11gr2/

Basarilar

131.

ram said
January 15, 2011 at 4:38 am

Good work Kamran!!

I got following problem could u plz help me. I am unable to unzip the zipfile and i cant proceed
forward. Thanks

[root@oracle tmp]# cd install/

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[root@oracle install]# ls -l
total 608836
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 622828303 Jan 15 01:09 10201_database_linux32.zip
[root@oracle install]# unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip
Archive: 10201_database_linux32.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: 10201_database_linux32.zip may be a plain executable, not an archive
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of 10201_database_linux32.zip or
10201_database_linux32.zip.zip, and cannot find 10201_database_linux32.zip.ZIP, period.
[root@oracle install]#

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vedat said
January 15, 2011 at 12:55 pm

Şimdi ben dün bu iletiyi sana yazdıktan sonra bu serverin imajını aldım.Gittim bu imajı başka bir
serverda çalıştırdım.Daha sonra bu imajı çalıştırdığım serverin hostnamesini ipsini değiştirdim çakışma
olmasın diye.Sonra listener.ora ve tnsmanes.ora dosyasının içeriğini değiştirdim.SOnra database i ve
listeneri çalıştırdım.Sorunsuz çalıştı.Acaba bu şekilde clonu çalıştırsam canlı sunucuya zararı olurmu.İyi
çalışmalar.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 15, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Bu sekilde clone calistirirsan canli sunucuya hic bir zarari olmaz. Sen imaj derken, Oracle imaj mi aldin,
OS imajmi?

134.

vedat said
January 15, 2011 at 3:21 pm

OS imajı aldım.İlk defa aldığım için takılıyorum kusura bakmayın.

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Anar said
January 17, 2011 at 5:42 pm

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Hi Kamran
I like you web site thats why its very interesting a had got a lot of good idea on you site about oracle. I
am Sys and net admin but wanna learn oracle by exatly. How can you help me to learn oracle?
thanks

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 18, 2011 at 10:32 am

Dear Anar
I’d suggest you to read the “INtroduction for newbies” written by Turkish ACE, Tonguc Yilmaz
http://tonguc.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/oracle-introduction-for-newbies.doc

Moreover, you can start reading some certification preparation books and practice everything you read

Good Luck!

137.

Kamran Agayev A. said

January 18, 2011 at 10:44 am

Dear Ram

I hope your installation file is corrupted. Please download it again

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abdul wahab said

January 18, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Hi Kamran Sir,

This is a good one again. Sir I need help regarding installing more than one database on a single Linux
server(RHEL5). Can you please help me on these.
Waiting for your reply. Thanks in advance.

Abdul Wahab
Kolkata,India.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

January 18, 2011 at 4:48 pm

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Use database configuration assistant (dbca)

Just type dbca on command line and select “Create database” radio button

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abdul wahab said

January 18, 2011 at 5:22 pm

Dear Kamran Sir,

Thank you for your help. Along with this I would like to know whether I will create multiple homes for
multiple databases while using dbca. And I would like to know about the .bash_profile entries also. Sir,
I want to be little bit clear regarding this. Kindly help me sir.

Abdul Wahab
Kolkata,India.

141.

chetan yadav said

January 19, 2011 at 2:17 pm

hi Kamran,

i followed you blog steps to install linux and oracle but i got stuck on step .

“useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash -c “Oracle Software Owner” oracle”

when i m entring this commend all help related to useradd will open there .

i m not ggod with linux please help me what is wrong there .

thanks
chetan

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January 20, 2011 at 6:16 pm

[...] this point I had VBoxes. Clones in fact. To install Oracle I found this some useful blogs: Blog #1
Blog #2 [...]

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January 21, 2011 at 12:03 am

Please post output and the error you get

144.

Azeem Ahmed Rao said

January 22, 2011 at 12:14 am

Hi Kamran,

Really very good documentation. Thanks

Regards,
Azeem Ahmed Rao.
IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Noida, India

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ST said

February 8, 2011 at 2:43 am

Kamran,

I am installing Oracle 10g rel2 on Linux with CentOS 4.8.

I am on step 2, Installing rpm packages which are required for Oracle installation. I don’t have access
to the CentOS installation disk, so instead, I downloaded the 4 rpm files off the internet.

I was just trying to install the first rpm package, and I ran the command
rpm -Uvh compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm

I got the failed dependency error, See the attached output below:

Script started on Fri 04 Feb 2011 03:21:53 PM EST

[root@devdb01 rpm_packages]# rpm -Uvh compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm
warning: compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
error: Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4) is needed by compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386
rtld(GNU_HASH) is needed by compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386
libdb.so.2 is needed by (installed) gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1.i386
libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by (installed) gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1.i386
db4 = 4.2.52 is needed by (installed) pam-0.77-66.26.i386
db4 is needed by (installed) pam_ccreds-3-3.rhel4.2.i386
[root@devdb01 rpm_packages]# exit
Script done on Fri 04 Feb 2011 03:23:05 PM EST

Any ideas why? is this because we use CentOS4.8 and you were running CentOS 5.2? Any pointers on
how to solve this issue would be greatly appreciated!

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thanks,
ST

146.

Victor said

February 8, 2011 at 7:36 am

Step 4 ???

[root@localhost ~]# groupadd oinstall

bash: groupadd: command not found

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 8, 2011 at 10:15 am

Try /usr/sbin/groupadd

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 8, 2011 at 10:18 am

It seems you haven’t installed other dependent RPM packages. You can check “Install all” checkbox
during CentOS installation to avoid such errors or make sure you’ve installed all rpm packages listed in
the following link:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15660/pre_install.htm#CIHFICFD

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Nicolás said
February 8, 2011 at 5:22 pm

HI, KAMRAM, I’M FROM ARGENTINE AND I’M ORACLE DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR. I
READ YOUR ARTICLE AND IT SEEMS VERY GOOD!!!
AT THIS MOMENT, I ADD YOUR LINK TO MY FAVORITES.
BEST REGARDS FROM ARGENTINE…

NICOLAS

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 8, 2011 at 5:25 pm

Hi Nicolas. Nice to meet you

Happy to appear in your favourite list

Keep in touch

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Victor said
February 9, 2011 at 12:52 am

Yes that was the solution.

Thank You!

Additionally, I am using Oracle VM VirtualBox & therefore wanted to share my solution for Step 5.

You can just open your browser inside of CentOS, navigate to this blog, and click on the download link
at Step 5. Make sure to save file to your desktop, and follow all of the commands, in the 5th window of
step 5, except that when you cp, substitute this location:

cp /home/username/Desktop/10201_database_linux32.zip install/

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Victor said
February 9, 2011 at 4:46 am

I have gotten to Product Specific Prerequisite Checks

This is a two part question:

Part 1

I receive 3 warnings & 1 requirement to be verified in Product Specific Prerequisite Checks:

[WARNING 1] Checking for gcc-3.2; found Not found. Failed <<<<

[WARNING 2] Checking Kernel Parameters

Checking for rmem_max = 262144; found rmem_max = 131071. Failed <<<<

[WARNING 3] Checking physical memory requirements

Expect result: 922MB
Actual result: 876MB
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<

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In terminal I did "yum install gcc" successfully. Is this the fix for [WARNING 1] or do I need to do
something more?

Is the fix for [WARNING 2] (Checking Kernel Parameters) simply to edit the sysctl.conf file by adding
rmem_max = 262144 or do I need to do something more?

Is there something I can do in the terminal to fix [WARNING 3]?

Part 2

Which Forum/Category in OTN Forums should I ask future questions about Oracle10g on CentOS (I
am sure I will have many more) Database-Installation or Server & Storage Systems – Generic Linux?

Regards

153.

Kamran Agayev A. said

February 10, 2011 at 10:34 am

To resolve the second warning you need to change /ets/sysctl.conf file and execute /sbin/sysctl -p
command
To resolve the third error you need to increase RAM (I hope you can bypass it for the testing purpose)

I hope you can ask your questions on Database-Genaral forum as well

154.

Victor said

February 20, 2011 at 12:56 am

Dear Kamran:

Wanted to inform you that I was able to overcome obstacles and am now ready to use Database &
Enterprise Manager.

I was lucky to find your blog, as I am learning both Linux & Oracle Database in College. This blog was
like a Rosetta Stone for answering many of the questions I had regarding both!

Trying to learn Oracle Database in a Windows environment is frustrating to say the least. I am much
more comfortable in a Unix like environment, and will go on to your Solaris step by step tutorial next.

My college textbook (Oracle 10g Database Adminstrator II – Claire Rajan) is geared towards Windows
& while I have learned many things, I would like to know if your textbook “Expert secrets for using
RMAN and Data Pump” would be useful for me now, using Oracle 10g R2 on Centos?

A BIG THANK YOU! & looking forward to Installing on Solaris!

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 20, 2011 at 10:22 pm

Dear Victor

Thank you for your feedback and I wish you more success

I hope after learning the basics of Oralce, my book will definetly be helpful for you to learn Oracle
Backup and Recovery techniques

It’s not yet available now, but it should be printed in two months

156.

Sandeep Maurya said

February 21, 2011 at 2:53 pm

Dear kamran, great documents step to step installation oracle on linux. i will face some error in
/etc/redhat-release. so i have read yur docs and will try to solve error…

Thanks loot.

157.

Benjamin said
February 23, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Hallo, I need help : (

trying to install oralce 11g R2 on Linux RH Enterprise both 64bit version

but i am getting an error you spoke already about

Error in invoking target ‘mkldflags ntcontab.o nnfgt.o

I have uninstall the gcc-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64.rpm and the gcc-c++-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64 and install them
again but everytime the same error

also in the error message: INFO: /bin/sh: line 2: gcc: command not found

what should i do upgrade some packages i do not know I m newbie in Linux and oracle : (

best regards

Benjamin

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Kamran Agayev A. said

February 25, 2011 at 12:07 am

Dear Benjamin

Check the following thread:

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=972440&tstart=0

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Vin said
March 25, 2011 at 5:07 am

Hello Kamran,

I am unable to start the listener for my 10g database on enterprise linux 5,

I get the following error when I start
lsnrctl start

[oracle@Vinod admin]$ lsnrctl start

LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 – Production on 25-MAR-2011 00:04:25

Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Starting /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/tnslsnr: please wait…

TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 – Production

System parameter file is /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/log/listener.log
Error listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
TNS-12555: TNS:permission denied
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00525: Insufficient privilege for operation
Linux Error: 1: Operation not permitted

Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above…

and the listener.ora file is :# listener.ora Network Configuration File: /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0

/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.

SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
)
)

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LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = Vinod)(PORT = 1521))
)
)

The tnsnames.ora file is

# tnsnames.ora Network Configuration File: /home/vin/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/network/admin

/tnsnames.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.

ORACLE =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = Vinod)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = oracle.vinod)
)
)

EXTPROC_CONNECTION_DATA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1))
)
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
)
)

Can you please help solve this issue.

thanks

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Kamran Agayev A. said

March 26, 2011 at 9:23 pm

Dear Vin

Please check the following metalink note:

Listener Fails To Start With IPC Permission Errors (TNS-12546 TNS-12555 TNS-00516 TNS-00525)
[ID 434062.1]

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Iltifat Patel said

April 1, 2011 at 3:16 am

Salaam Kamran,

Do you have steps on how to install/configure Oracle 11g r2 on a Centos. I am also looking for
configuration steps for ASM, and TPC-C database. Thanks!

162.

Kamran Agayev A. said

April 1, 2011 at 9:29 am

Salam Iltifat

You can try my Oracle 11g R2 on a OEL installation guide from the following link:
http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/step-by-step-installing-oracle11g-on-linux/

For ASM tutorial, check my following blog post:

http://kamranagayev.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/video-tutorial-installing-asm-on-linux-and-windows/

Good Luck

163.

Iltifat Patel said

April 5, 2011 at 8:52 pm

Thanks Kamran!

164.

Draza said
April 6, 2011 at 6:22 pm

Very nice tutorial! Thanks!

165.

sandeep said
April 8, 2011 at 10:36 pm

i got very important point to install oracle10 on linux,,,,,,,,,i am so happy,,,,i could get easliy,,and learnt
how to install oracle

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thanks sir

166.

JOHANN said
April 12, 2011 at 4:49 pm

Hi Kamran,
It’s really wonderful about the articles you published.
It’s really help me to understand how to install oracle on linux.
Its an Excellent document.
I followed all the steps which you mention in the blog.
I successfully installed the Oracle 10.2.0.5g (just software)on Linux;
But I got one error when i create database with dbca; i have tried to rebuild the repository EM but get
the same error.
the error is:

21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMReposConfig unlockMGMTAccount

CONFIG: Unlocked mgmt_view account
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMReposConfig invoke
CONFIG: Successfully unlocked mgmt_view account
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.ParamsManager getParam
CONFIG: No se ha definido ningún valor para el parámetro ORACLE_HOSTNAME.
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig updateEmomsProps
CONFIG: Actualizando el archivo /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/sysman/config
/emoms.properties …
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.ParamsManager getParam
CONFIG: No se ha definido ningún valor para el parámetro ORACLE_HOSTNAME.
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.util.FileUtil _copyFile
CONFIG: Copiado del archivo /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/sysman/config
/emoms.properties.emca en /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/sysman/config/emoms.properties
terminado
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.util.FileUtil _copyFile
CONFIG: Copiado del archivo /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/sysman/config
/emoms.properties.emca.util.tmp en /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/sysman/config
/emoms.properties terminado
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.ParamsManager getParam
CONFIG: No se ha definido ningún valor para el parámetro ORACLE_HOSTNAME.
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.util.FileUtil setAttributeInXML
GRAVE: Error al analizar el archivo XML /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/oc4j
/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole/config/server.xml
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.util.FileUtil setAttributeInXML
CONFIG: Stack Trace:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole
/config/server.xml (No such file or directory)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:106)
at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:66)
at java.io.FileReader.(FileReader.java:41)

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at oracle.sysman.emcp.util.FileUtil.setAttributeInXML(FileUtil.java:969)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.instantiateOC4JConfigFiles(EMDBCConfig.java:933)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.performConfiguration(EMDBCConfig.java:405)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.invoke(EMDBCConfig.java:162)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.invoke(EMDBCConfig.java:136)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMConfig.perform(EMConfig.java:172)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.em.EMConfiguration.run(EMConfiguration.java:449)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig instantiateOC4JConfigFiles
CONFIG: Failed to set value in server.xml for application-server tag
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMConfig perform
GRAVE: Error al instanciar los archivos de configuración de OC4J
Consulte el archivo log en /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/cfgtoollogs/dbca/orakol
/emConfig.log para obtener más información.
21-mar-2011 9:51:38 oracle.sysman.emcp.EMConfig perform
CONFIG: Stack Trace:
oracle.sysman.emcp.exception.EMConfigException: Error al instanciar los archivos de configuración
de OC4J
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.performConfiguration(EMDBCConfig.java:409)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.invoke(EMDBCConfig.java:162)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMDBCConfig.invoke(EMDBCConfig.java:136)
at oracle.sysman.emcp.EMConfig.perform(EMConfig.java:172)
at oracle.sysman.assistants.util.em.EMConfiguration.run(EMConfiguration.java:449)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

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Kamran Agayev A. said

April 14, 2011 at 6:49 pm

Configuring OEM is very boring, so you need to play with lot of log files and it’s not so easy to solve
the problem online
It seems the configuration is not able to find the following file:
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0.1/db_1/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole/config/server.xml

168.

krishna said
April 18, 2011 at 2:39 am

Hi kamran how r u.

I have already installed centos on my vmware. Now to proceed with step 2 how to customize again.

best regards,
krishna.

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170.

surender said
May 7, 2011 at 5:48 pm

hai….kamran,

iam taking course for oracle DBA. i installed VM ware and red hat linux 4 in my laptop.when i
installing oracle11Gon LINUX s/w ,after ./runInstaller command ,it is showing error like ” checking
recomended glibc version failed” .so wat is the solution..help me..

2)when i installed oracle 10g on R.H.E.L 4. and when creating database by using DBCA
command…showing error like ” can not create directory /oraeng/app/oracle/product.10.2.0/dbs/prd
/adump” so can u give solution…

thank you.,

surender martha

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Kamran Agayev A. said

May 8, 2011 at 12:20 am

Hi Surender

1. It seems you’ve missed installing some required OS libraries, so make sure you’ve installed them all

2. Make sure you’ve write permission on the directory /oraeng/app/oracle/product.10.2.0/dbs/prd

/adump

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krishna said
May 8, 2011 at 6:52 am

Hi kamran how r u.

I have aleready installed centos on vmware. Now to proceed with step 2 how can I customize again.

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best regards,
krishna

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Aruna Chile said

May 30, 2011 at 5:50 pm

Hi Kamran,
I had read your artical its very good. I have same dout about “How t create ASM instance and
database” in window 2003.
will you please help me out

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Kamran Agayev A. said

May 31, 2011 at 9:27 am

Dear Aruna check the following link:

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles
/10g/OracleDB10gR2RACInstallationOnWindows2003UsingVMware.php

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krishna said
June 3, 2011 at 8:00 am

Hi kamran how r u.

when I am trying to install rpm packages I am getting following error

[root@localhost media]# rpm -ivh compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm

error: open of compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm failed: No such file or directory

how should I proceed. Can you clearly explain me how to install the packages that you have
mentioned.

regards,
ramakrishna.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

June 6, 2011 at 1:34 am

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Dear Krishna

Please make sure that you’ve in the RPMS folder and run “ls” command to see the list of rpm files,
then install any rpm file you want

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krishna said
June 7, 2011 at 8:30 am

kamran,

Thank you for immediate reponse.

1)how to check whether the required packages are installed or not and where will be this rpms folder.
2) I have installed centos5 from the screen shots you have given. when I need to install the rpm
packages do I need to download separately and install them.

can you describe me the brief steps to install the rpm packages. so far I have wasted lot of time to
install these packages and still I am unable to install.

regards,
ramakrishna.

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Duoc said
July 8, 2011 at 8:57 am

I get a problem:
[oracle@localhost ~]$ sqlplus /nolog

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 – Production on Fri Jul 8 10:50:34 2011

Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.

SQL> connect / as sysdba;

Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup;
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file ‘/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs
/initORCL.ora’

Can you help me,Kamran ?

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Kamran Agayev A. said

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July 8, 2011 at 10:04 am

Dear Duoc

Have you set environment variable before logging to sqlplus?

export ORACLE_SID=yourdbname
sqlplus / as sysdba
startup

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Duoc said
July 8, 2011 at 11:57 am

OK.Great !
Thanks, Kamran.

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erwin amin said

July 9, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Hello Kamran
Thank you for your article,

182.

Mitko said
July 15, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Wow man! You are my GURU:)!! Thank you so much for the fantastc video!

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Mohammad said
July 21, 2011 at 12:25 am

Assalam kamran…
I hope you are doing well…
can you tell me how to install oracle 10g on Solaris 10 platform…

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Duoc said
July 22, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Hello Kamran.

Can you tell me how to install database sample to perform the examples in Oracle ‘s books and related
documentations ?
Thanks.

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Kamran Agayev A. said

July 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm

Just check “Install sample schema” checkbox during Database Creation. That will create a scott
schema with all required tables

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Kamran Agayev A. said

July 22, 2011 at 3:16 pm

Va aleykum salam Mohammad

I’d suggest you to check Ivan Kartik’s installation guide from the following link:
http://ivan.kartik.sk/oracle/install_ora10gR2_solaris.html

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Duoc said
July 25, 2011 at 6:10 am

OK. Thanks.

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Sid said
August 5, 2011 at 2:29 pm

Hi,

Just went through you steps. You have used centos 5.2

I am trying to Install Oracle 10gR2 on centos 5.5. But I have pre-requisite check errors “Installation not
supported”.

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Is 10gR2 compatible with centos 5.5?

Appreciate your help.

Sid

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Srinath said
August 11, 2011 at 6:33 am

Kamran, i’m getting the below error. Any suggestion please?

SQL> conn / as sysdba

ERROR:
ORA-12546: TNS:permission denied

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Kamran Agayev A. said

August 11, 2011 at 2:08 pm

Check the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/3fqad37

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Kamran Agayev A. said

August 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm

Hi Sid
It’s supported. Just make sure you’ve changed /etc/redhat-release file as it’s shown in the post

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Srinath said
August 12, 2011 at 1:51 am

Kamran, i tried different steps which didn’t help me out much. So, i tried reinstalling oracle and see
below error now at the time of installation:

ORA-12157: TNS Internal network communication error

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ravi said
August 12, 2011 at 10:28 pm

hi kamran

i am having a liitle proble. i follow all the steps but at the time of installation after ./runInstaller blue
window appears.
here in my installation the unix dba group appears only root and oracle not oinstall if i type oinstall .
In next step it again ask for user and if type oinstall it shows error.
In you installation it outomatically apears oinstall but in my i have to mention it.
which finally leads to error. since last three day i tryed several time but result is same.
please help me i m wating for you answer.

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RAVI said
August 13, 2011 at 11:10 am

i tryed installation again i a got all the steps right but in product prerequisite checks i got expected result
922 mb and actual result 568 mb. physical memory requirements. can u help me out here how to sove it
i have 14gb red hat vertual machine.

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hoshiar said
August 15, 2011 at 9:55 am

thnx for help

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Srinath said
August 16, 2011 at 5:32 am

Duoc,
I resolved the error

LRM-00109: could not open parameter file ‘/home/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/dbs

/initORCL.ora’

by copying init.ora file to initORCL.ora.

Thanks,
Ajay

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Alexandre BRUN said

August 19, 2011 at 7:40 pm

Hello,

I have exactly the same problme as Moslem Rashidi explain in comments 118 and 120.

“Now when I use dbca to create my database, dbca window appares and I choose default options, but
when I press Finish button it doesn`t work without any error! only it remains on screen!
dbca does not create database and event does not report error!
when I press finish button to start database creation in final wizard page , it does not any action and this
page remains on screen without any error !”

it’s describe exactly my problem. I try to install an Oracle 11g R1 on a AIX 6.1.

You advise to check the $ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs/dbca/ folder but i don’t have any dbca folder
in $ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs.

I know your article is about a Oracle installation on a Centos system but maybe you should have an
idea to solve my problem.

thanks in advance.

Alexandre BRUN.

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Sam said
August 24, 2011 at 9:58 pm

I am following the whole procedure correctly but when i try to con to oracle then i am getting the error
bash: command not found. This is when i run sqlplus command.Pls help

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rohit said
August 25, 2011 at 11:46 pm

Thank you so much….

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