Oracle9i Release Notes

Release 2 (9.2.0.4.0) for Linux x86

Before we install the Oracle software, we have completed several tasks as the root user. like below of the
following procedures:

we logged in as the root user, enter the following command to switch user to root

$ su – root and password:

Check the Hardware Requirements :

 512 MB of physical RAM

 1 GB of swap space
 400 MB of disk space in the /tmp directory

The following software is required for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux3:

• Linux kernel version: 2.4.21-15

• Glibc version: glibc 2.3.2-95.20
• Required operating system packages:
o gcc-3.2.3-34
o make-3.79.1
o openmotif21-2.1.30-8
o setarch-1.3-1
o compat-db-4.0.14-5
o compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
o compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
o compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
o compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
o gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-34.1

Setting the Environment for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Before starting the Installer, set the environment as follows:

• To ensure that the Oracle software uses the version 296 gcc and g++ executables,
enter the following commands:
• % mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc323
• % mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++323
• % ln -s /usr/bin/gcc296 /usr/bin/gcc
• % ln -s /usr/bin/g++296 /usr/bin/g++
• The hostname command should return the fully qualified host name as follows:
hostname
hostname.domainname

Required kernel parameters:

SEMMNI 100

SEMMNS 256
 SEMOPM 100

SEMMSL 100

SHMMNI 100

SHMALL 2097152

SHMMAX  (Set this parameter to half the size of physical RAM available on
your systemThis value cannot exceed 4294967295)

Created the Oracle user account like srikanth 9i

 Log in as a Oracle user, we set the environmentfile (bashrc)

 Checked whether xclock is running or not
 Check all the permissions & groups
 In bashrc set some required variables like

export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/srikanth

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10103

export ORACLE_SID=sri

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

export ORA_NLS33=$ORACLE_HOME/ocommon/nls/admin/data

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib

umask 022.

 As a Oracle user go to /nfs/stage/linux/oracle stage directory and run the ./runinstaller

 After getting the wizard I have selected & given some options like

SIDname

ORACLE_HOME PATH

GLOBLESID

CHARACTERSET

 And during the installation process is goingon, then it will give a warning message like
to run the root.sh as a ROOT user.