Oracle8-on-RH7X-HOWTO.pdf

Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO

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Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO. ...........................................................................................1

Krastio Atanassov <st201789@educ.di.unito.it> , and Luca Roversi <roversi@di.unito.it>. ................1

1. Introduction. .........................................................................................................................................1

2. Starting off. ..........................................................................................................................................1

3. Installing Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7. .......................................................................................................1

4. Creating a database. .............................................................................................................................1

5. Final Words. .........................................................................................................................................1

1. Introduction. .........................................................................................................................................1

1.1 What's in here?. ..................................................................................................................................2

1.2 Who is this HOWTO for?. .................................................................................................................2

1.3 Current versions of this document. ....................................................................................................2

1.4 Disclaimer. .........................................................................................................................................2

1.5 Credits and Thanks. ...........................................................................................................................2

1.6 License. ..............................................................................................................................................2

2. Starting off. ..........................................................................................................................................2

2.1 Prerequisites. ......................................................................................................................................2

Hardware. ....................................................................................................................................3

2.2 Linux setup. .......................................................................................................................................3

Distribution. ................................................................................................................................3

Distribution Setup. ......................................................................................................................3

Setting users and groups. ............................................................................................................3

Installing the right Java Virtual Machine. ..................................................................................3

Kernel parameters. ......................................................................................................................4

Setting up some libraries.. ...........................................................................................................4

Final step. ....................................................................................................................................5

3. Installing Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7. .......................................................................................................5

3.1 Setting up oracle's shel. .....................................................................................................................5

3.2 Starting the installer. ..........................................................................................................................6

4. Creating a database. .............................................................................................................................8

5. Final Words. .........................................................................................................................................8

5.1 Some Internet Resources.. ..................................................................................................................9

Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO

Krastio Atanassov <st201789@educ.di.unito.it> , and

Luca Roversi <roversi@di.unito.it>

v0.1, 2002−07−15

Following this HOWTO you should be able to get "Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7, Enterprise Edition for Linux"

installed on a RedHat 7.X distribution (and, we hope, on distributions based/derived from it.) You will also

have some few hints at how to create a database. We decide to write this notes because we did not manage to

get through the installation, simply following the already existing "Oracle 8 for Linux" HOWTOs, and Oracle

documentation and we found people on the net experiencing our problems.

1. Introduction

· 1.2 Who is this HOWTO for?

1.1 What's in here?

· 1.3 Current versions of this document

· 1.4 Disclaimer

· 1.5 Credits and Thanks

· 1.6 License

2. Starting off

· 2.2 Linux setup

2.1 Prerequisites

3. Installing Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7

· 3.2 Starting the installer

3.1 Setting up oracle's shell

4. Creating a database

5. Final Words

5.1 Some Internet Resources

1. Introduction

Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO

Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO

1.1 What's in here?

A sequence of steps that brought us to let Oracle 8i, and Linux RedHat 7.2 working together.

1.2 Who is this HOWTO for?

This document is for people who want to install Oracle 8i version 8.1.7 Enterprise edition on Linux RedHat

7.2. At the time Luca Roversi tried to combine the twos, he could only find people on the net who was

wandering why previous HOWTOs could not lead them to a successful installation.

We have not yet realized the points where this HOWTO substantially differs from previous HOWTOs on the

same subject; however, it lists operations that seems to be correct.

1.3 Current versions of this document

The web site where this document can be found is: author's web site

1.4 Disclaimer

You get what you pay for. We offer no warranty of any kind, implied or otherwise. May be we shall help you

where we can, but, legally, you are on your own.

1.5 Credits and Thanks

This HOWTO has been written by Krastio Atanassov and Luca Roversi. The very first version could not have

been created without the initial support the second author obtained from various mailing lists.

Also, the very first revision was written exploiting Stephen Darlington's

<stephen@zx81.org.uk> "Oracle for Linux Installation HOWTO" sgml source as a template.

We welcome any constructive feedback on this HOWTO and any general Linux or Oracle issues. Email us at

st201789@educ.di.unito.it or/and roversi@di.unito.it .

1.6 License

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free

Documentation License , Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

2. Starting off

2.1 Prerequisites

At least 800M free on your hard disk. Type:

1.1 What's in here?

Oracle 8i on Linux RH7.X Installation HOWTO

bash$ df −h

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/hda2 5.3G 3.6G 1.4G 72% /

and read the field Avail.

Hardware

The steps we are going to describe allow to have Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7 running on:

· others ....

a laptop Toshiba Satellite 2800−100 with 128Mb RAM and a 600 Mhz Intel Celeron;

In any case, never underestimate Oracle's system prerequisites.

2.2 Linux setup

Distribution

We focus on a Linux RedHat 7.2 distribution, since we had problems with it and we wanted to use it. The

steps we are going to describe should work on any Red Hat 7.2 based Linux distribution.

Distribution Setup

We assume you have your Linux RedHat 7.2 box installed and working in a reasonable way for you. In any

case, 'base' packages, X Windows (the installation routine is a Java GUI) and the development tools

regardless of whether you intend doing any coding or not is what you need.

Setting users and groups

$ su − root

and type whatever password you decided root must have.

Create groups:

bash# groupadd oinstall

bash# groupadd dba

bash# groupadd oper

Create oracle user and set its password:

bash# useradd oracle −g oinstall −G dba,oper

bash# passwd oracle (to change password)

Installing the right Java Virtual Machine

The only Java Virtual Machine compatible with Oracle 8i, version 8.1.7, is:

Hardware

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