Home -> oracle -> Oracle 10g release 1 (10.1.0.2) on Fedora core 1 Oracle Database 10g release 1 (10.1.0.2) installation on Fedora core 1 Please note that Oracle Database 10g is not certified to run on Fedora Linux, therefore you should not use this combination on a prodUCtion server. You can examine Oracle certification matrix at Metalink Contents 1. Downloading and unpacking installation files 2. Preparing your system 2.1 Steps to perform as root user 2.2 Steps to perform as oracle user 3. Running the installer 4. Post-installation steps 4.1 Starting database services 4.2 Shutting down database services 4.3 Automating oracle startup and shutdown 1. Downloading and unpacking installation files Download Oracle Database 10g from Oracle Technology Network. Four files are available:
ship.ccd.cpio.gz - Oracle 10g Companion CD ship.client.cpio.gz - Oracle 10g Client ship.crs.cpio.gz - Oracle 10g Cluster Ready Services ship.db.cpio.gz - Oracle 10g Database Only ship.db.cpio.gz is required in order to install the database. Once you downloaded the file, unpack it: gunzip ship.db.cpio.gz cpio -idmv<ship.db.cpio All four installation files unpack to directory named "Disk1", so rename directory before you eventually unpack another file. You may want to create Oracle installation CD set from unpacked installation files. As I don't have a CD-burner on any of my linux boxes, I created ISO images using mkisofs -JR -l -o ship.db.iso Disk1/ and burned CDs on Windows machine. 2. Preparing your system 2.1 Steps to perform as root user Install following fedora packages using rpm -ivh package_name: From Fedora-core Disk 1:
