Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux

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Installing Oracle Database 10g Release 1 and 2 (32-bit/64-bit) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4, 3, 2.1, Red Hat Fedora Core 4, 3, 1, RH 9 on x86 and x86-64 (AMD64) Architecture

The following procedure is a step-by-step guide (Cookbook) with tips and information for installing Oracle Database 10g on Red Hat Linux.

This guide shows how I installed 10g Database on the following Red Hat systems:

Oracle Database Version	Red Hat OS Version	Architecture	Comments
Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0)  New!	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 Update 2 (RHEL AS 4 U2)	x86-64	See also
Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0)  New!	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 Update 2 (RHEL AS 4 U2)	x86	See also
Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 Update 5 (RHEL AS 3 U5)	x86	See also
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 Update 1 (RHEL AS 4 U1)	x86-64	No certification projected for 10g R1 64-bit on RHEL AS 4 x86_64 at the time of this writing
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 (RHEL AS 4)	x86	See also
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 Update 5 (RHEL AS 3 U5)	x86-64	See also
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 Update 5 (RHEL AS 3 U5)	x86	See also
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 2.1 (RHEL AS 2.1)	x86	See also
Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0)	Red Hat Fedora Core 4 (FC 4)	x86	Not supported
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3)	Red Hat Fedora Core 3 (FC 3)	x86	Not supported
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)	Red Hat Fedora Core 3 (FC 3)	x86	Not supported
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)	Red Hat Fedora Core 1 (FC 1)	x86	Not supported
Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)	Red Hat 9 (RH 9)	x86	Not supported

These instructions will also work for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1, 3, and 4.


Oracle Database 10g on other Linux Distributions

People recommended this installation guide for:

WhiteBox Linux 3

Works exactly like on RHEL AS 3.

Mandrake 10.0 Community Edition

Some files/packages were not included with Mandrake 10 which can be downloaded from:
ftp://ftp.rediris.es/sites/carroll.cac.psu.edu/mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/setarch-1.3-1mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://194.199.20.114/linux/contrib/openmotif/linux-rpm/openmotif-2.1.30-1_ICS.i386.rpm

Validation/Certification

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NOTE: To install a Oracle Database 10g (without RAC) you only need to download the database file ship.db.lnx32.cpio.gz, or 10201_database_linux_x86_64.cpio etc.

Compute a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) checksum for the downloaded files and compare the checksum numbers against the numbers posted on OTN's website. For example:

cksum ship.db.lnx32.cpio.gz

Uncompress the downloaded file(s):

gunzip ship.db.lnx32.cpio.gz

Unpack ship.db.lnx32.cpio:

$ cpio -idmv < ship.db.lnx32.cpio
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.server/10.1.0.3.0/1
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.server/10.1.0.3.0
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.server
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.tg/10.1.0.3.0/1/DataFiles
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.tg/10.1.0.3.0/1
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.tg/10.1.0.3.0
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.tg
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.assistants.dbca/10.1.0.3.0/1/DataFiles/doc.3.1.jar
Disk1/stage/Components/oracle.assistants.dbca/10.1.0.3.0/1/DataFiles/class.jar
...

I executed the following command to burn the Disk1 directory on a CD:

# mkisofs -r Disk1 | cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=20 -

(Drives' speed varies; you can get the dev numbers when you execute cdrecord -scanbus).

Note that 10g R2 won't fit on a single CD since it has over 780MB.

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For test sake I tried to install an Oracle Database 10g (Type: General Purpose Database) on a little PC with 256MB of RAM and 1 GB of swap space. I was able to get a 10g database up and running on this little PC without a problem.

To check the size of physical memory, execute:

grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo

To check the size of swap space, execute:

grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo

You also can add temporary swap space to your system by creating a temporary swap file instead of using a raw device. Here is the procedure:

su - root
dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpswap bs=1k count=900000
chmod 600 tmpswap
mkswap tmpswap
swapon tmpswap

To disable the temporary swap space execute the following commands:

su - root
swapoff tmpswap
rm tmpswap

According to Oracle's documentation, the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) requires up to 400 MB of free space in the /tmp directory. But OUI checks if /tmp is only greater than 80 MB.

To check the space in /tmp, run:

General

Before you install an Oracle Database 10g you need to check the system for required RPMs. On my systems I usually install a minimum list of RPMs which usually requires the installation of additional packages for Oracle databases. Always ensure to use the latest RPMs and kernels!

For 10g R2 (64-bit) on RHEL 4 x86_64, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  binutils-2.15.92.0.2-10.EL4
  compat-db-4.1.25-9
  control-center-2.8.0-12
  gcc-3.4.3-9.EL4
  gcc-c++-3.4.3-9.EL4
  glibc-2.3.4-2
  glibc-common-2.3.4-2
  gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
  libstdc++-3.4.3-9.EL4
  libstdc++-devel-3.4.3-9.EL4
  make-3.80-5
  pdksh-5.2.14-30
  sysstat-5.0.5-1
  xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2

Also ensure to install the libaio-0.3.96 RPM or a newer version! Otherwise the OUI prerequisite check will fail.

To check if you are running the x86_64 kernel on a x86_64 platform, run:

  # uname -mi
  x86_64 x86_64

To check the RPMs, run:

  rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}  (%{ARCH})\n' \
              binutils compat-db control-center gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common gnome-libs \
              libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make pdksh sysstat xscreensaver libaio

It is important to have these x86_64 RPMs installed. The above command will list the architecture of each binary package. You will see that some RPMs are installed twice when you run this command (x86 RPM and x86_64 RPM). You need to ensure that all required x86-64 RPMs listed here are installed.


For 10g R2 (32-bit) on RHEL 4 x86, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  binutils-2.15.92.0.2-10.EL4
  compat-db-4.1.25-9
  control-center-2.8.0-12
  gcc-3.4.3-9.EL4
  gcc-c++-3.4.3-9.EL4
  glibc-2.3.4-2
  glibc-common-2.3.4-2
  gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
  libstdc++-3.4.3-9.EL4
  libstdc++-devel-3.4.3-9.EL4
  make-3.80-5
  pdksh-5.2.14-30
  sysstat-5.0.5-1
  xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2

Also ensure to install the libaio-0.3.96 RPM or a newer version! Otherwise the OUI prerequisite check will fail.

To check the RPMs, run:

  rpm -q binutils compat-db control-center gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common gnome-libs \
         libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make pdksh sysstat xscreensaver libaio

For 10g R2 (32-bit) on RHEL 3 x86, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  make-3.79.1
  gcc-3.2.3-34
  glibc-2.3.2-95.20
  compat-db-4.0.14-5
  compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
  openmotif21-2.1.30-8
  setarch-1.3-1

Also ensure to install the libaio-0.3.96-5 RPM or a newer version! Otherwise the OUI prerequisite check will fail.

To check the RPMs, run:

  rpm -q make gcc glibc compat-db compat-gcc compat-gcc-c++ compat-libstdc++ compat-libstdc++-devel openmotif21 setarch libaio

For 10g R1 (64-bit) on RHEL 3 x86_64, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  make-3.79.1
  gcc-3.2.3-34
  glibc-2.3.2-95.20
  glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.20
  glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.20   (32 bit)
  compat-db-4.0.14-5
  compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
  gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-34.1   (32 bit)
  openmotif21-2.1.30-8
  setarch-1.3-1
  libaio-0.3.96-3
  libaio-devel-0.3.96-3

To check if you are running the x86_64 kernel on a x86_64 platform, run:

  # uname -mi
  x86_64 x86_64

To check the RPMs, run:

  rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}  (%{ARCH})\n' \
              gcc glibc glibc-devel compat-db compat-gcc compat-gcc-c++ compat-libstdc++ \
              compat-libstdc++-devel gnome-libs openmotif21 setarch libaio libaio-devel

It is important to have the right x86 and x86_64 RPMs installed. The above command will list the architecture of each binary package. And as you can see in the above list, glibc-devel and other RPMs are listed twice. This means that you have to install packages for both architectures, x86 and x86_64.


For 10g R1 (32-bit) on RHEL 3 x86, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  make-3.79.1
  gcc-3.2.3-34
  glibc-2.3.2-95.20
  compat-db-4.0.14-5
  compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
  compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
  openmotif21-2.1.30-8
  setarch-1.3-1

To check the RPMs, run:

  rpm -q make gcc glibc compat-db compat-gcc compat-gcc-c++ compat-libstdc++ compat-libstdc++-devel openmotif21 setarch

For 10g R1 (32-bit) on RHEL 2.1, the document lists the following required package versions or higher:

  make-3.79.1
  glibc-2.2.4-32
  gcc-2.96-128
  gcc-c++-2.96-128
  libstdc++-2.96-128
  openmotif-2.1.30-11

To check these RPMs, run:

  rpm -q make glibc gcc gcc-c++ libstdc++ openmotif

The installation of an Oracle 10g Database worked fine without installing any compatibility RPMs (e.g. compat-gcc, compat-libstdc++). However, since it's listed as a requirement for RHEL 3 I'd recommend to install it on RHEL3 and on newer releases as well. It's not a requirement for RHEL 2.1 though.

For RHEL 3 and RHEL 2.1 it is also important to have binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12 or a newer version installed. Make sure you have the binutils RPM installed on other releases as well like Fedora Core:

rpm -q binutils

NOTE: OUI for x86 will also complain if the openmotif package is missing (don't confuse it with the openmotif21 package). Also, Red Hat changed the version naming schema from openmotif-2.2.2-16 in the original release to openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2 in RHEL3 Update 5. This seems to confuse OUI in RHEL3 U5 since it complaining that it can't find the right openmotif version. I ignored this. The openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2 is just a newer version of openmotif-2.2.2-16 which worked fine and I didn't have any problems. To check the RPM, run:

rpm -q openmotif

Also, make sure the redhat-release package is installed. Earlier versions of e.g. RHEL 3 didn't install it by default when you selected a minimum system installation:

rpm -q redhat-release

The setarch utility is new in RHEL4, RHEL3 and Fedora Core. It is used to tell the kernel to report a different architecture than the current one. It is also used to emulate a 3GB virtual address space for applications that don't run properly with a larger virtual address space. To check the RPM, run:

rpm -q setarch

Installing the RPMs


10g R2 on RHEL AS 4 (x86_64)

On my RHEL AS 4 x86_64 system I installed the following RPMs and dependencies:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.4.4-2.x86_64.rpm \
           gcc-c++-3.4.4-2.x86_64.rpm \
           libstdc++-devel-3.4.4-2.x86_64.rpm \
           cpp-3.4.4-2.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.13.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.13.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.98.EL.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1.x86_64.rpm \
           compat-db-4.1.25-9.x86_64.rpm \
           ORBit-0.5.17-14.x86_64.rpm \
           gtk+-1.2.10-33.x86_64.rpm \
           imlib-1.9.13-23.x86_64.rpm \
           libpng10-1.0.16-1.x86_64.rpm \
           gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-16.el4.x86_64.rpm \
           libungif-4.1.3-1.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh sysstat-5.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm

Note that you also need to install the following i386 and x86_64 RPMs if not already installed, otherwise you will get various different error messages.
For a detailed list of error messages, see .

  rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
           expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm \
           fontconfig-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm \
           freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm \
           zlib-1.2.1.2-1.2.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.103-3.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.13.i386.rpm \
           libgcc-3.4.4-2.i386.rpm

And don't forget to install the binutils RPM from :

   rpm -Uvh --force binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13.0.0.0.2.x86_64.rpm

If you don't install the binutil RPM from Oracle, then you will get the following error message:

/usr/bin/ld: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib//libirc.a(fast_memcpy.o): 
    relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `_memcpy_mem_ops_method' can not be usedwhen making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

For more information on this bug, see .


I don't know why the control-center RPM and the xscreensaver RPM are listed as requirements. On my system I did not install these RPMs since I'm against installing desktop stuff on servers, see list below. When I installed 10g R2 I did not experience any problems when these RPMs were missing. But just for completeness I've listed all the RPMs you may have to install if you want to install the control-center and xscreensaver RPMs unless you ignore dependencies:

   rpm -Uvh control-center-2.8.0-12.rhel4.2.x86_64.rpm \
            xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.9.x86_64.rpm \
            eel2-2.8.1-2.x86_64.rpm \
            gail-1.8.0-2.x86_64.rpm \
            gnome-desktop-2.8.0-5.x86_64.rpm \
            gnome-icon-theme-2.8.0-1.el4.1.3.noarch.rpm \
            libgail-gnome-1.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm \
            libxklavier-1.02-3.x86_64.rpm \
            metacity-2.8.6-2.8.x86_64.rpm \
            nautilus-2.8.1-4.x86_64.rpm \
            startup-notification-0.7-1.x86_64.rpm \
            xloadimage-4.1-34.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm \
            xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.x86_64.rpm \
            at-spi-1.6.0-3.x86_64.rpm \
            desktop-backgrounds-basic-2.0-26.2.1E.noarch.rpm \
            eog-2.8.1-2.x86_64.rpm \
            gnome-panel-2.8.1-3.3E.x86_64.rpm \
            gnome-vfs2-smb-2.8.2-8.2.x86_64.rpm \
            hicolor-icon-theme-0.3-3.noarch.rpm \
            libexif-0.5.12-5.1.x86_64.rpm \
            librsvg2-2.8.1-1.x86_64.rpm \
            nautilus-cd-burner-2.8.3-6.x86_64.rpm \
            redhat-artwork-0.120.1-1.2E.x86_64.rpm \
            scrollkeeper-0.3.14-3.x86_64.rpm \
            cdrecord-2.01.1-5.x86_64.rpm \
            docbook-dtds-1.0-25.noarch.rpm \
            evolution-data-server-1.0.2-9.x86_64.rpm \
            intltool-0.31.2-1.x86_64.rpm \
            libcroco-0.6.0-4.x86_64.rpm \
            libgnomeprint22-2.8.0-3.x86_64.rpm \
            libgnomeprintui22-2.8.0-1.x86_64.rpm \
            libgsf-1.10.1-1.x86_64.rpm \
            libwnck-2.8.1-1.rhel4.1.x86_64.rpm \
            mkisofs-2.01.1-5.x86_64.rpm \
            samba-common-3.0.10-1.4E.2.x86_64.rpm \
            ghostscript-7.07-33.x86_64.rpm \
            ghostscript-fonts-5.50-13.noarch.rpm \
            gnutls-1.0.20-3.2.1.x86_64.rpm \
            libgnomecups-0.1.12-5.x86_64.rpm \
            libsoup-2.2.1-2.x86_64.rpm \
            openjade-1.3.2-14.x86_64.rpm \
            perl-XML-Parser-2.34-5.x86_64.rpm \
            sgml-common-0.6.3-17.noarch.rpm \
            urw-fonts-2.2-6.1.noarch.rpm \
            xml-common-0.6.3-17.noarch.rpm \
            VFlib2-2.25.6-25.x86_64.rpm \
            chkfontpath-1.10.0-2.x86_64.rpm \
            perl-URI-1.30-4.noarch.rpm \
            perl-libwww-perl-5.79-5.noarch.rpm \
            xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.x86_64.rpm \
            perl-HTML-Parser-3.35-6.x86_64.rpm \
            xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.x86_64.rpm \
            perl-HTML-Tagset-3.03-30.noarch.rpm \
            ttmkfdir-3.0.9-14.1.EL.x86_64.rpm

10g R2 on RHEL AS 4 (x86)

On my RHEL AS 4 x86 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

   rpm -Uvh gcc-3.4.4-2.i386.rpm \
            gcc-c++-3.4.4-2.i386.rpm \
            libstdc++-devel-3.4.4-2.i386.rpm \
            glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.13.i386.rpm \
            glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.13.i386.rpm \
            glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.98.EL.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1.i386.rpm \
            compat-db-4.1.25-9.i386.rpm \
            ORBit-0.5.17-14.i386.rpm \
            gtk+-1.2.10-33.i386.rpm \
            imlib-1.9.13-23.i386.rpm \
            libpng10-1.0.16-1.i386.rpm \
            gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-16.el4.i386.rpm \
            libungif-4.1.3-1.i386.rpm \
            alsa-lib-1.0.6-5.RHEL4.i386.rpm \
            audiofile-0.2.6-1.i386.rpm \
            esound-0.2.35-2.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh sysstat-5.0.5-1.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.103-3.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm

I don't know why the control-center RPM and the xscreensaver RPM are listed as requirements. On my system I did not install these RPMs since I'm against installing desktop stuff on servers. When I installed 10g R2 I did not experience any problems when these RPMs were missing. When you want to install control-center RPM and the xscreensaver, then have fun. The list can be very long with all the dependencies like gnome-desktop, cdrecord etc..



10g R1 on RHEL AS 4 (x86_64)

NOTE: No certification has been projected for 10g R1 64-bit on RHEL AS 4 (x86_64) at the time of this writing.

On my RHEL AS 4 x86_64 system I installed the following RPMs and dependencies:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.4.3-22.1.x86_64.rpm \
           cpp-3.4.3-22.1.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.9.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.9.x86_64.rpm \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.87.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.9.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.x86_64.rpm \
           xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
           expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm fontconfig-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm \
           freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm zlib-1.2.1.2-1.i386.rpm

   rpm -Uvh libgcc-3.4.3-22.1.i386.rpm

You will get various different error messages during the installation if not all of these RPMs are installed on your system for 10g R1 64-bit.
For more information, see .


10g R1 on RHEL AS 4 (x86)

On my RHEL AS 4 x86 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.4.3-9.EL4.i386.rpm          \
            glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.i386.rpm     \
            glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.i386.rpm   \
            glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.87.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.3-6.RHEL4.2.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-23.EL.i386.rpm

Note that the 10g 10.1.0.3 OUI Product-specific Prerequisite check will fail for the gcc, binutils, and openmotif versions. You can ignore these failed checks and proceed.
The redhat-release RPM should already be installed by default. But note that 10.1.0.3.0 OUI does not recognize RHEL AS 4 as a supported release yet. This means you will have to edit the /etc/redhat-release file, see below, or you apply the 4153257 patch for 10g R1 on RHEL 4. 10g R2 does recognise RHEL AS 4 as a supported platform.



10g R1 and R2 on RHEL AS 3 (x86)

On my RHEL AS 3 x86 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

   rpm -Uvh gcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm \
           cpp-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.33.i386.rpm \
           glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.33.i386.rpm \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.34.1.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh compat-db-4.0.14-5.1.i386.rpm \
           compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           tcl-8.3.5-92.2.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.96-5.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2.1.30-9.RHEL3.6.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.3-5.RHEL3.2.i386.rpm

10g R1 on RHEL AS 3 (x86_64)

On my RHEL AS 3 x86_64 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.2.3-52.x86_64.rpm \
  cpp-3.2.3-52.x86_64.rpm \
  glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.33.x86_64.rpm \
  glibc-headers-2.3.2-95.33.x86_64.rpm \
  glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.34.1.x86_64.rpm

  rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2.3.2-95.33.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh compat-db-4.0.14-5.1.x86_64.rpm \
           compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128.i386.rpm \
           tcl-8.3.5-92.2.x86_64.rpm \
           libgcc-3.2.3-52.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.96-5.x86_64.rpm \
           libaio-devel-0.3.96-5.x86_64.rpm

  # RHEL AS 3 x86_64 U5 does not come with a i386 gnome-libs RPM 
  rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-34.2.x86_64.rpm \
           ORBit-0.5.17-10.4.x86_64.rpm \
           audiofile-0.2.3-7.1.x86_64.rpm \
           esound-0.2.28-6.x86_64.rpm \
           gtk+-1.2.10-31.x86_64.rpm \
           imlib-1.9.13-13.4.x86_64.rpm \
           gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-12.el3.x86_64.rpm \
           libpng10-1.0.13-15.x86_64.rpm \
           libungif-4.1.0-15.x86_64.rpm

  # RHEL AS 3 x86_64 U5 does not come with a x86_64 openmotif21 RPM 
  rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2.1.30-9.RHEL3.6.i386.rpm \
           XFree86-libs-4.3.0-81.EL.i386.rpm \
           XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-81.EL.i386.rpm \
           expat-1.95.5-6.i386.rpm \
           fontconfig-2.2.1-13.i386.rpm \
           freetype-2.1.4-4.0.i386.rpm \
           zlib-1.1.4-8.1.i386.rpm

Make sure to use the right i386 and x86_64 RPMs as listed above!

Note, if you don't install the i386 XFree86-libs RPM, you will get an error message similar to this one:

/tmp/OraInstall2005-06-15_07-36-25AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

For more information, see .


10g R1 on RHEL AS 2.1 (x86)

On my RHEL AS 2.1 x86 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh glibc-2.2.4-32.11.i686.rpm \
           glibc-common-2.2.4-32.11.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh gcc-2.96-108.1.i386.rpm \
           binutils-2.11.90.0.8-12.i386.rpm \
           cpp-2.96-108.1.i386.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.2.4-32.11.i386.rpm \
           kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.3.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.1.30-11.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh redhat-release-as-2.1AS-4.noarch.rpm

I had to upgrade glibc in order to pass Oracle's "Product-specific Prerequisite" checks. Oracle's recommended glibc version is 2.2.4.31.7 or higher.
There is no setarch RPM for RHEL AS 2.1.
Also, it's important to install a newer kernel version for RHEL AS 2.1. Definitely don't use a kernel older than 2.4.9-e.25. To check the kernel version run uname -r. For more information on upgrading the kernel, see .


10g R2 on Fedora Core 4 (x86)

On my FC4 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \
           cpp-4.0.0-8.i386.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \
           glibc-headers-2.3.5-10.i386.rpm \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.94.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.3-10.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-31.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2.1.30-14.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.104-2.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh selinux-policy-targeted-1.25.2-4.noarch.rpm

NOTE: I also had to patch the SELinux policy by upgrading the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. You can download the latest version from . If you don't upgrade to a newer version you will get the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-24_09-03-19AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: 
/tmp/OraInstall2005-07-24_09-03-19AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied

You could also disable SELinux which I don't recommend. For more information, see .


10g R1 on Fedora Core 3 (x86)

On my FC3 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.4.2-6.fc3.i386.rpm \
           cpp-3.4.2-6.fc3.i386.rpm \
           glibc-devel-2.3.3-74.i386.rpm \
           glibc-headers-2.3.3-74.i386.rpm \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.87.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.3-6.i386.rpm \
           xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2.1.30-11.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh setarch-1.6-1.i386.rpm

The gcc version that comes with FC3 will not pass Oracle's "Product-specific Prerequisite" checks. I ignored this warning on FC3.


10g R1 on Fedora Core 1 (x86)

On my FC1 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.3.2-1.i386.rpm                \
           glibc-devel-2.3.2-101.i386.rpm      \
           cpp-3.3.2-1.i386.rpm                \
           glibc-headers-2.3.2-101.i386.rpm    \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.36.i386.rpm \
           binutils-2.14.90.0.6-3.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.2-16.1.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh setarch-1.0-1.i386.rpm

FC1 is not supported by Oracle and you will have a hard time to find the right RPM version for Oracle10g. I tried to use the RPMs that came with the FC1 CDs which are easily available to everyone. I did not had any problems installing an Oracle Database 10g (General Purpose Database) on FC1 with these RPMs.


10g R1 on Red Hat 9 (x86)

On my RH9 system I had to install the following RPMs and dependencies to meet the software requirements:

  rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.2.2-14.i386.rpm

  rpm -Uvh gcc-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm                \
           glibc-devel-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm        \
           cpp-3.2.2-5.i386.rpm                \
           glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.10.i386.rpm \
           binutils-2.13.90.0.18-9.i386.rpm

There is no setarch RPM for RH9. RH9 is not supported by Oracle.

This RPM is important for RHEL since RHEL AS 4, RHEL AS 3, and RHEL AS 2.1 are Linux releases supported by Oracle. Without this RPM, Oracle 10g OUI won't be able to recognize it as a supported OS. However, the installer of 10g 10.1.0.3 does not recognize RHEL AS 4 as a supported release yet. This means that you will have to edit the /etc/redhat-release file. You also have to change /etc/redhat-release for unsupported releases like Fedora Core and RH9.

I do not recommend to execute "runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs" since this will disable other checks you probably don't want to.

On RHEL AS 4 (for 10g R1), RH9, and FC 1 you have to change the /etc/redhat-release file to make Oracle 10g believe it's running on a supported release.
Regarding RHEL AS 4, the installer for 10g 10.1.0.3 does not recognize RHEL AS 4 as a supported release but 10g R2 OUI does.

To change the /etc/redhat-release file, you can simply copy/paste the following commands:

To see all kernel parameters, execute:

shmmax  = 2147483648     (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax)
shmmni  = 4096           (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmni)
shmall  = 2097152        (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmall)   (for 10g R1)
shmmin  = 1              (To verify, execute: ipcs -lm |grep "min seg size")
shmseg  = 10             (It's hardcoded in the kernel - the default is much higher)

semmsl  = 250            (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem | awk '{print $1}')
semmns  = 32000          (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem | awk '{print $2}')
semopm  = 100            (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem | awk '{print $3}')
semmni  = 128            (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem | awk '{print $4}')

file-max = 65536         (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max)

ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 
                         (To verify, execute: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range)

Adding these lines to the /etc/sysctl.conf file will cause the system to change these kernel parameters after each boot using the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit script which is invoked by /etc/inittab. But in order that these new added lines or settings in /etc/sysctl.conf become effective immediately, execute the following command:

.

For more information on shmmax, shmmni, shmmin, shmseg, and shmall, see .
For more information on semmsl, semmni, semmns, and semopm, see .
For more information on filemax, see .

. And for information on how to make use of ASM disk groups when running OUI, see .

To create the oracle account and groups, execute the following commands:

When to use "OINSTALL" group during install of oracle.

Most shells like Bash provide control over various resources like the maximum allowable number of open file descriptors or the maximum number of processes available to a user. For more information on ulimit for the Bash shell, see man bash and search for ulimit.

If you just install a small test database, then you might be ok with the current settings (note that the limits very often vary). But for (larger) production databases, you should increase the following shell limits to the following values recommended by Oracle:

nofile = 65536     (To verify, execute: ulimit -n)
nproc  = 16384     (To verify, execute: ulimit -u)

The nofile option denotes the maximum number of open file descriptors, and nproc denotes the maximum number of processes available to a single user.

To see all shell limits, execute:

. Even though this procedure was written for Oracle9i on RHAS 2.1, it also applies to Oracle10g on RHEL AS 2.1, RHEL AS 3, and other versions.

For more information on nproc and how to increase the limit, see . Even though this procedure was written for Oracle9i on RHAS 2.1, it also applies to Oracle10g on RHEL AS 2.1, RHEL AS 3, and other versions.

Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) for 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)

The OFA standard is a guideline created by Oracle to ensure reliable Oracle installations. For Oracle 10g Database, the OFA recommended Oracle home path has changed.

The home path for the first 10g (10.1.0) database installation on a system would be:

  /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1

If you would install a second Oracle 10g Database 10g (10.1.0) on the same system, the Oracle home directory would be as follows:

  /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_2

If the Oracle10g software is not owned by the user oracle but by the user "oraowner", then the path of the Oracle home directory would be:

  /u01/app/oraowner/product/10.1.0/db_1
  /u01/app/oraowner/product/10.1.0/db_2

The standard directory name for Oracle10g is "app":

  /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1

Oracle recommends to use mount points such as /u01, /u02, etc. which complies with the OFA guidelines. But others can be used, for example:

  /disk_1/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1

The subtree for database files not stored in ASM disk groups should be named as follows:

  /u02/oradata/<db_name_1>
  /u02/oradata/<db_name_2>
  /u03/oradata/<db_name_1>
  /u03/oradata/<db_name_2>

The mount point /u01 should be used for the Oracle software only. /u02, /u03, /u04 etc. should be used for the database files. The db_name stands for the DB_NAME initialization parameter which is typically the same as the SID name for single instance databases.

Since the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) "runInstaller" is run from the oracle account, some environment variables must be configured for this account before OUI is started.

Execute the following commands for the Bash shell which is the default shell on Red Hat Linux (to verify your shell run: echo $SHELL):

for more information.




Insert the Oracle CD that contains the image of the downloaded file ship.db.lnx32.cpio, or change to the directory that contains the image directory Disk1.

If you install Oracle10g from a CD, mount the CD by running the following commands in another terminal:

For RHEL AS 4, RHEL AS 3, and FC3 you have to execute:

Before you execute runInstaller, make sure the Oracle environment variables are set, see . You can verify the settings by running the set command:

su - oracle
oracle$ set

To execute runInstaller from the mounted CD, run the following command as the oracle user:

oracle$ /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller

On RHEL AS 4, RHEL AS 3, and FC3 run the following command:

oracle$ /media/cdrom/runInstaller

.
                     Note that the "Retry" button doesn't work after you fixed one of the failed checks.
                     Click Next

 - Select Database Configuration:
                     I selected "General Purpose".
                     Click Next

 - Specify Database Configuration Options:
                     - Global Database Name: I used "orcl".
                     - SID: I used "orcl".
                     Click Next

 - Select Database Management Option:
                     I selected "Use Database Control for Database Management".
                     Click Next

 - Specify Database File Storage Option:
                     I selected "File System".
                     - File System
                       - Specify Database file location: /u01/app/oracle/oradata/
                           If you want to comply with OFA, you might want to select another mount point
                           than '/u01', e.g. /u02/oradata.
                     Click Next

 - Specify Backup and Recovery Options:
                     For my test installation I selected "Do no enable Automated Backups".
                     Click Next

 - Specify Database Schema Passwords:
                     Make sure that the password(s) don't start with a digit number! Otherwise you
                     will later get error message(s) like "ORA-00988 missing or invalid password".
                     Click Next

 - Summary:          Click Install

                     If Enterprise manager configuration fails due to port allocation problems,
                     check out .


                     When a window pops up to run the root.sh script, execute the script
                     in another terminal as root:

                       su - root
                       # /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/root.sh
                       Running Oracle10 root.sh script...
                       \nThe following environment variables are set as:
                           ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
                           ORACLE_HOME=  /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1

                       Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
                          Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ...
                          Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
                          Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...

                       \nCreating /etc/oratab file...
                       Adding entry to /etc/oratab file...
                       Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
                       Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
                       Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
                       Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
                       /var/opt/oracle does not exist. Creating it now.
                       /etc/oracle does not exist. Creating it now.
                       Successfully accumulated necessary OCR keys.
                       Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'root'..
                       Operation successful.
                       Oracle Cluster Registry for cluster has been initialized

                       Adding to inittab
                       Checking the status of Oracle init process...
                       Expecting the CRS daemons to be up within 600 seconds.
                       CSS is active on these nodes.
                               mars
                       CSS is active on all nodes.
                       Oracle CSS service is installed and running under init(1M)
                       #

                     Click OK

 - End of Installation:
                     Click Exit

This commmand will add the environment variables to the ~oracle/.profile and source in the file for the current shell by executing ". ~oracle/.bash_profile".

NOTE: Do not add a trailing "/" on the ORACLE_HOME environment variable. Otherwise you will get the error "ORACLE not available" when you try to connect to sys, see for more information.

.

If you installed a preconfigured database using OUI, then several Oracle background processes are now running on your server. Execute the following command to see the background processes:

To shutdown the Oracle background processes after an Oracle Database 10g installation, you can execute the following commands:

iSQL*Plus

To reinstall Oracle10g after a failed installation attempt, you might want to execute the following commands.

for more information.

Checking for gcc-2.96; found Not found. Failed <<<<

See for more information.

Note that "Retry" in the "Product-specific Prerequisite Checks" window does not work. So you either set it manually to Passed or you restart OUI.

Checking for openmotif-2.1.30-11; found Not found.      Failed <<

See for more information.

Note that "Retry" in the "Product-specific Prerequisite Checks" window does not work. So you either set it manually to Passed or you restart OUI.

Checking for shmmax=2147483648; found shmmax=33554432.  Failed <<<<

Increase the shmmax kernel parameter.

For more information on shmmax, see .

Note that "Retry" in the "Product-specific Prerequisite Checks" window does not work. So you either set it manually to Passed or you restart OUI.

Checking for semopm=100; found semopm=32.       Failed <<<<

Increase the semopm kernel parameter.

For more information on semopm, see .

Note that "Retry" in the "Product-specific Prerequisite Checks" window does not work. So you either set it manually to Passed or you restart OUI.

Checking for filemax=65536; found filemax=26163.        Failed <<<<

Increase the file-max kernel parameter:

For more information on file-max, see .

Note that "Retry" in the "Product-specific Prerequisite Checks" window does not work. So you either set it manually to Passed or you restart OUI.

ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
  ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
  Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory  or
  ORA-01034: ORACLE not available

First check if ORACLE_SID is set correctly.
If ORACLE_SID is set correctly, then you probably have a trailing slash "/" on the ORACLE_HOME environment variable. Remove it and try again to connect to sys (e.g from ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1/ to ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1).

ORA-00988 missing or invalid password(s).

During the Oracle10g installation you probably provided a password for the Oracle database accounts that started with a digit number. Ignore this error message and change the password when you are done with the Oracle10g installation.

$ sysresv -i
  sysresv: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Make sure LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to $ORACLE_HOME/lib:

oracle$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib

X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
  X connection to localhost:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

To rectify this problem, try to login to the remote Oracle server again by using the "X11 forward" feature of ssh. Execute the following command from your local desktop:

$ ssh -X oracle@oracle_remote_server_name

Now when you try to run any GUI tool on the remote server, it will automatically be relinked to your local desktop. If this is not working, verify that the ForwardX11 setting is not set to "no" in /etc/ssh/ssh_config on your remote server:

su - root
# grep ForwardX11 /etc/ssh/ssh_config | grep -v "^#"
        ForwardX11 yes
#

NOTE: If you use for example Red Hat Fedora Core 3 as your desktop and you want to install the database on another machine, then you need to set the DisallowTCP entry in /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf for the GNOME Display Manager to read:

DisallowTCP=false

After that you need to restart your X server. I usually do this with the init command:

su - root
init 3
init 5

If you are using telnet, however, you will have to set DISPLAY manually, see my other article for more information.

Recovery Manager rman hangs

You are probably running the wrong rman binary which belongs to the XFree86-devel RPM:

$ which rman
/usr/X11R6/bin/rman

ORA-00988 missing or invalid password(s).

During the Oracle10g installation you probably provided a password for the Oracle database accounts that started with a digit number. Ignore this error message and change the password when you are done with the Oracle10g installation.

$ ./runInstaller
  ...
  
  Exception java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-06-15_07-36-25AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: 
    libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory occurred..
  java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-06-15_07-36-25AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: 
    libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1560)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1477)
        ...

You may get this error message on RHEL3 x86_64, RHEL4 x86_64, and on other systems. Even though you most probably have /usr/X11R6/lib64/libXp.so.6 installed on your system, this error messages is complaining that it can't find the libXp.so.6 shared library for i386:

 /tmp/OraInstall2005-06-15_07-36-25AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

On my RHEL3 x86_64 system for 10g (10.1.0.3) I had to install the i386 XFree86-libs package (XFree86-libs-4.3.0-81.EL.i386.rpm). In order to satisfy dependencies for this i386 package, I had to install a few other i386 RPMs as well:

# rpm -ivh XFree86-libs-4.3.0-81.EL.i386.rpm \
      XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-81.EL.i386.rpm \
      expat-1.95.5-6.i386.rpm \
      fontconfig-2.2.1-13.i386.rpm \
      freetype-2.1.4-4.0.i386.rpm \
      zlib-1.1.4-8.1.i386.rpm

On my RHEL4 x86_64 U1 system for 10g (10.1.0.3) I had to install the i386 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs package (xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm). In order to satisfy dependencies for this i386 package, I had to install a few other i386 RPMs as well:

# rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
      xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
      xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.6.i386.rpm \
      expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm \
      fontconfig-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm \
      freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm \
      zlib-1.2.1.2-1.i386.rpm

On my RHEL4 x86_64 U2 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I had to install the i386 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs package (xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm). In order to satisfy dependencies for this i386 package, I had to install a few other i386 RPMs as well:

rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
      xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
      xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm \
      expat-1.95.7-4.i386.rpm \
      fontconfig-2.2.3-7.i386.rpm \
      freetype-2.1.9-1.i386.rpm \
      zlib-1.2.1.2-1.2.i386.rpm

On my RHEL4 x86 U2 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I had to install the following RPM:

rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.20.i386.rpm

If you get this error message on Fedora Core 3 x86, install the xorg-x11-deprecated-libs RPM. For example:

# rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-12.FC3.21

After I installed these RPMs I had to restart the installation. If you know a more elegant way to continue, please drop me an email.

make -f /u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/ins_sysman.mk relink_sharedobj SHAREDOBJ=libnmemso
  make[1]: Entering directory `/u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib'
  gcc -o /u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/libnmemso.so -m32 ...
  ...
  

  /usr/bin/ld: crti.o: No such file: No such file or directory
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make[1]: *** [/u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/libnmemso.so] Error 1

You may get this error message or a similar one when installing 64-bit 10g on RHEL4 x86_64.

On my RHEL4 U1 x86_64 system for 10g (10.1.0.3) I installed the following i386 RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.9.i386.rpm

On my RHEL4 U2 x86-64 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I installed the following i386 RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.13.i386.rpm

make -f /u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/ins_sysman.mk relink_sharedobj SHAREDOBJ=libnmemso
  make[1]: Entering directory `/u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib'
  gcc -o /u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/libnmemso.so -m32 ...
  ...
  

  /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s_32
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  make[1]: Leaving directory `/u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib'
  make[1]: *** [/u01/app/oracle/OraHome_1/sysman/lib/libnmemso.so] Error 1

You may get this error message or a similar one when installing 64-bit 10g on RHEL4 x86_64.

On my RHEL4 U1 x86_64 system for 10g (10.1.0.3) I installed the following i386 RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh libgcc-3.4.3-22.1.i386.rpm

On my RHEL4 U2 x86_64 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I installed the following i386 RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh libgcc-3.4.4-2.i386.rpm

error while loading shared libraries: libaio.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Make sure the libaio RPM is installed.

For example in RHEL 3 x86:

# rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.96-5.i386.rpm

For example in RHEL 4 U2 x86_64:

# rpm -Uvh libaio-0.3.103-3.x86_64.rpm

$ ./runInstaller
  ...
  
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-24_09-03-19AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: 
  /tmp/OraInstall2005-07-24_09-03-19AM/jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: cannot restore segment prot after reloc: Permission denied
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
        ...

I saw this error when I installed 10g R2 on Fedora Core 4. I fixed it by patchting/upgrading the SELinux policy:

# rpm -Uvh selinux-policy-targeted-1.25.2-4.noarch.rpm

You can download the latest selinux-policy-targeted RPM from .

You could also disable SELinux which I DO NOT recommend:

# /usr/sbin/setenforce 0

Error in invoking target 'all_no_orcl' of makefile '/u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. 
See '/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2005-11-13_01-07-04AM.log' for details.

The log file showed the following error:

INFO: gcc:
INFO: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.5: No such file or directory
INFO:

INFO: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/genorasdksh: Failed to link liborasdkbase.so.10.2

INFO: make: *** [liborasdkbase] Error 1

On my RHEL4 U2 x86_64 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I installed the following x86_64 RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.x86_64.rpm

Note that you may already have the "i386" compat-libstdc++ RPM installed on your systems but you need the "x86_64" RPM to fix this problem. To verify which compat-libstdc++ RPM you have installed on your system, run:

# rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}  (%{ARCH})\n' compat-libstdc++

Error in invoking target 'all_no_orcl ihsodbc' of makefile '/u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. 
  See '/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2005-07-24_09-25-22AM.log' for details.

The log file showed the following error:

INFO: Creating /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/liborasdkbase.so.10.2

INFO: gcc:
INFO: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: No such file or directory
INFO:

INFO: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/genorasdksh: Failed to link liborasdkbase.so.10.2

This means that the "33" version of the compat-libstdc++ RPM is missing.

On my RHEL 4 U2 x86 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I installed the following RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm

NOTE: You need the "33" version of the compat-libstdc++ RPM. For i386 there is also a "296" version of the compat-libstdc++ RPM. Here are the two compat-libstdc++ RPMs that come with RHEL 4 U2:

compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm

In Fedora Core 4 x86 I installed the following RPM to fix this problem:

# rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm

NOTE: You need the "33" version of the compat-libstdc++ RPM. For i386 there is also a "296" version of the compat-libstdc++ RPM. Here are the two compat-libstdc++ RPMs that come with FC4:

compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.fc4.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.fc4.i386.rpm

After that hit Retry in the error dialog window.

Error in invoking target 'all_no_orcl' of makefile '/u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/rdbms/lib/ins_rdbms.mk'. 
  See '/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2005-11-13_01-25-49AM.log' for details.

The log file showed the following error:

INFO: /usr/bin/ld: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/lib/libirc.a(fast_memcpy.o): 
    relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `_memcpy_mem_ops_method' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

INFO: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin/genorasdksh: Failed to link liborasdkbase.so.10.2

This error comes up when installing 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) on RHEL4 U1 x86_64 and on newer versions.

On my RHEL4 U2 x86_64 system for 10g R2 (10.2.0.1.0) I installed the following binutils RPM which can be downloaded from ???

# rpm -Uvh --force binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13.0.0.0.2.x86_64.rpm

For more information on this bug, see .

ORA-12547: TNS:lost contact

There can be many reasons for this error. For example, this can happen during ASM instance startup when the libaio RPM is not installed on the system.

$ lsnrctl start
  ...
  
  Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC)))
  TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
   TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
    TNS-00517: Lost contact
     Linux Error: 104: Connection reset by peer
  Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=centauri)(PORT=1521)))
  TNS-12547: TNS:lost contact
   TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
    TNS-00517: Lost contact
     Linux Error: 104: Connection reset by peer

Make sure the loopback entry in /etc/hosts is not missing when you start the listener:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

Now try to run lsnrctl start as oracle again.

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