Around 100Gb just for the Oracle Apps (with the Vision demo database) + 25Gb Stage11i area you may want to keep + OS + etc.

As for being free, well you can download it for free but patches are only available from Metalink and you need a valid support identifier in order to subscribe to it.

--

Joao

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields Sent: 17 February 2005 16:02 To: CentOS discussion and information list Subject: Re: [Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:45:47 -0000, Joao Medeiros joao.c.medeiros@gmail.com wrote:

Hi folks,

I seem to remember someone asking how to install Oracle Apps on Linux so here goes a quick and dirty how-to:-

0 - You will need access to Metalink (Oracle's support site) for downloading patches and read documentation on line.

1 - Size up your Linux box to at least 1Gb memory and 200Gb of disk

space.

I'm assuming you have a Pentium 4 at around 3GHz.

2 - Download and install if not already installed

compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.126.

Fedora Core 3 doesn't come with it but you can get it from Fedora Core 2. WBEL and CentOS should have it installed by default.

3 - Download the latest version of Oracle Applications from edelivery.oracle.com. Latest release available is 11.5.10 and comes in 46 zip files totalling a 25Gb. It expands to about the same size since

there's

a lot of compressed files in it.

4 - Create a new group called dba. Create a new user called oracle and assign dba as the primary group.

5 - Log in as oracle and edit the .bash_profile to add the variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19. Make sure you export it.

6 - Start unloading the zip files and make sure you follow the

instructions

from Oracle so that they end up in a nice tree under /Stage11i. Review the Installation guide.

7 - Rename the /usr/bin/unzip to whatever you want to call it and copy

the

unzip from /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/unzip/Linux.

8 - Change to /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz and execute

RapidWizVersion.

If it is not 11.5.10.33 you will need to download patch 4132885 from Metalink. Unzip the files under /Stage11i/startCD as it will overwrite the contents of Disk1.

9 - Download patch 3006854 from Metalink to fix an OS library problem.

10 - Start your installation by running /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/rapidwiz. Choose single box installation.

11 - Review the log file for any errors. Fix if required.

12 - If you're using an SQL Client from outside the Linux box you will

need

to comment some lines in your $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/SID_Servername/sqlnet.ora file (replace SID

with

your chosen SID, mine is PROD, default is VIS) and (replace Servername

with

your hostname). Look for the lines with tcp.validnode_checking and tcp.invited_nodes; put a '#' in the beginning. Restart your listener.

13 - Open your browser and point it to http://yourservername.yourdomainname:8000. Log in as operations/welcome

and

start hacking away :-)

Let me know if you're stuck with anything and I'll do what I can to help.

Cheers, Joao

Note

Oracle Apps forms in a browser is currently only supported on Netscape 4.7.xx and IE6 although it can be put to work with Firefox.

References

Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=287453.

1 Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=277291.

1

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Sorry for the delay.

I haven't tried it on RH9. When installing Oracle on Linux (any flavour as far as I know) it needs to compile all the executables (oracle, listener and sqlplus just to name a few). If you have all the compat libs installed it will run without any probs.

Hope this helps, Joao

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Steven Vishoot Sent: 19 February 2005 22:37 To: CentOS discussion and information list Subject: Re: [Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

i am wondering can you still use the stubs.gz file that was created for 8i and 9i on centos version. that fix made it possible to install oracle on rh9?

--- Joao Medeiros joao.c.medeiros@gmail.com wrote:

Hi folks,

I seem to remember someone asking how to install Oracle Apps on Linux so here goes a quick and dirty how-to:-

0 - You will need access to Metalink (Oracle's support site) for downloading patches and read documentation on line.

1 - Size up your Linux box to at least 1Gb memory and 200Gb of disk space. I'm assuming you have a Pentium 4 at around 3GHz.

2 - Download and install if not already installed compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.126. Fedora Core 3 doesn't come with it but you can get it from Fedora Core 2. WBEL and CentOS should have it installed by default.

3 - Download the latest version of Oracle Applications from edelivery.oracle.com. Latest release available is 11.5.10 and comes in 46 zip files totalling a 25Gb. It expands to about the same size since there's a lot of compressed files in it.

4 - Create a new group called dba. Create a new user called oracle and assign dba as the primary group.

5 - Log in as oracle and edit the .bash_profile to add the variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19. Make sure you export it.

6 - Start unloading the zip files and make sure you follow the instructions from Oracle so that they end up in a nice tree under /Stage11i. Review the Installation guide.

7 - Rename the /usr/bin/unzip to whatever you want to call it and copy the unzip from /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/unzip/Linux.

8 - Change to /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz and execute RapidWizVersion. If it is not 11.5.10.33 you will need to download patch 4132885 from Metalink. Unzip the files under /Stage11i/startCD as it will overwrite the contents of Disk1.

9 - Download patch 3006854 from Metalink to fix an OS library problem.

10 - Start your installation by running /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/rapidwiz. Choose single box installation.

11 - Review the log file for any errors. Fix if required.

12 - If you're using an SQL Client from outside the Linux box you will need to comment some lines in your $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/SID_Servername/sqlnet.ora file (replace SID with your chosen SID, mine is PROD, default is VIS) and (replace Servername with your hostname). Look for the lines with tcp.validnode_checking and tcp.invited_nodes; put a '#' in the beginning. Restart your listener.

13 - Open your browser and point it to http://yourservername.yourdomainname:8000. Log in as operations/welcome and start hacking away :-)

Let me know if you're stuck with anything and I'll do what I can to help.

Cheers, Joao

Note

Oracle Apps forms in a browser is currently only supported on Netscape 4.7.xx and IE6 although it can be put to work with Firefox.

References

Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=287453.

1 Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=277291.

1

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Note that Werner doesn't focus on Oracle Apps on Linux and for the DB only covers 91 to 10g. Oracle Apps comes with 2 stacks of Oracle Rdbms (8i and 9i) and the application server 9iAS.

Oracle Apps install with the Rapid Wizard and all the compiling/relinking is done automatically without the need to manual intervention.

--Joao

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes Sent: 22 February 2005 10:20 To: CentOS Users Subject: RE: [Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 09:47 +0000, Joao Medeiros wrote:

Sorry for the delay.

I haven't tried it on RH9. When installing Oracle on Linux (any flavour as far as I know) it needs to compile all the executables (oracle, listener and sqlplus just to name a few). If you have all the compat libs installed it will run without any probs.

Hope this helps, Joao

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Steven Vishoot Sent: 19 February 2005 22:37 To: CentOS discussion and information list Subject: Re: [Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

i am wondering can you still use the stubs.gz file that was created for 8i and 9i on centos version. that fix made it possible to install oracle on rh9?

--- Joao Medeiros joao.c.medeiros@gmail.com wrote:

...

Hi folks,

I seem to remember someone asking how to install Oracle Apps on Linux so here goes a quick and dirty how-to:-

0 - You will need access to Metalink (Oracle's support site) for downloading patches and read documentation on line.

1 - Size up your Linux box to at least 1Gb memory and 200Gb of disk space. I'm assuming you have a Pentium 4 at around 3GHz.

2 - Download and install if not already installed compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.126. Fedora Core 3 doesn't come with it but you can get it from Fedora Core 2. WBEL and CentOS should have it installed by default.

3 - Download the latest version of Oracle Applications from edelivery.oracle.com. Latest release available is 11.5.10 and comes in 46 zip files totalling a 25Gb. It expands to about the same size since there's a lot of compressed files in it.

4 - Create a new group called dba. Create a new user called oracle and assign dba as the primary group.

5 - Log in as oracle and edit the .bash_profile to add the variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19. Make sure you export it.

6 - Start unloading the zip files and make sure you follow the instructions from Oracle so that they end up in a nice tree under /Stage11i. Review the Installation guide.

7 - Rename the /usr/bin/unzip to whatever you want to call it and copy the unzip from /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/unzip/Linux.

8 - Change to /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz and execute RapidWizVersion. If it is not 11.5.10.33 you will need to download patch 4132885 from Metalink. Unzip the files under /Stage11i/startCD as it will overwrite the contents of Disk1.

9 - Download patch 3006854 from Metalink to fix an OS library problem.

10 - Start your installation by running /Stage11i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/rapidwiz. Choose single box installation.

11 - Review the log file for any errors. Fix if required.

12 - If you're using an SQL Client from outside the Linux box you will need to comment some lines in your $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin/SID_Servername/sqlnet.ora file (replace SID with your chosen SID, mine is PROD, default is VIS) and (replace Servername with your hostname). Look for the lines with tcp.validnode_checking and tcp.invited_nodes; put a '#' in the

beginning.

...

Restart your listener.

13 - Open your browser and point it to http://yourservername.yourdomainname:8000. Log in as operations/welcome and start hacking away :-)

Let me know if you're stuck with anything and I'll do what I can to help.

Cheers, Joao

Note

Oracle Apps forms in a browser is currently only supported on Netscape 4.7.xx and IE6 although it can be put to work with Firefox.

References

Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=287453.

...

1 Metalink Note

http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=277291.

...

1

Joco Medeiros Leics, UK Linux User 381318

If you want to install oracle on a linux box, this is the place to look: http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml

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Look at some of the install options... noapic seems to help many...

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:05:51 -0500, David Evennou de@data-masters.com wrote:

Hello Members,

Starting off with my first question: What makes the difference in hardware detection between CentOS and SuSe installations?

I can install the Sun Microsystems JDS (Java Desktop System), which actually installs Suse Linux without a problem. When I try CentOS, I get a blank screen. I discovered that if I enter "Linux nofb", I can get by the "/sbin/loader" point of the install. The install still hangs when starting X-Windows. Next I will try a "Linux nofb text" installation. I also tried "resolution=1024x768". (note, Knoppix 3.7, did not properly detect the hardware and hangs during installation)

Also, can I some how use the SuSe installed information to install CentOS?

TIA, David Evennou

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Steven Vishoot wrote:

the stubs file has the compact libs

The required libraries are 'compat', short for computability. Even though Oracle may run on CentOS-3, CentOS-4 etc, it is built for a CentOS-2 like environment (well at least 9i is), so you need CentOS-2 libraries. These have been conveniently packages for CentOS-3 users into the '-compat' rpm packages.

(from pushitz) compat-db-4.0.14-5.i386.rpm compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm etc.

in them. since

oracle has built it db's on a older libs the stubs file is needed to be able to install it without much troubles. this is what i have experienced in the past, i dont know how it is to install it on centos or with 10g or higher since my computer does not have enough ram for that app to run. correct me if i am wrong.

You could possibly still install and run Oracle if you had enough swap instead. Sure it might not be very fast.... As already mentioned, for oracle on linux, always read this first http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml

And don't forget OTN. That is getting better these days. And remember to check out the Oracle Instant Client which can now be used with PHP :)

John.

I am still using 9iR2 on CentOS-2. AFAIK, 10g is mostly the same as 9iR2 so it is possible that the requirements are still there.

pushitz says: "The installation of Oracle10g on my RHELAS3 system worked fine without installing any compatibility RPMs like compat-gcc, compat-libstdc++, etc."

But that might be because they were installed already. They might also be included with Oracle, or Oracle might be linked against new versions. I have not tested so I can't say. From my experience, most binary only linux software requires compat libraries (motif, ncurses, c++ etc.). Once again, read pushitz. Unfortunately his docs tend to mix lots of versions together so best to read the lot before you try and run anything. Also, I can't see a problem installing the compat libs and not using them.

John.

Steven Vishoot wrote:

john thanks for the info, i will surely be able to see if that works when i decide to upgrade my server to centos. now then if 9i is built to centos-2 then what would 10g and 11 be built too. are they finally up equvilant version of centos-3 libs or they still the libs same as the lower version of oracle? that is still being equal to centos-2 libs.

argh

steven

--- John Newbigin jnewbigin@ict.swin.edu.au wrote:

...

Steven Vishoot wrote:

...

the stubs file has the compact libs

The required libraries are 'compat', short for computability. Even though Oracle may run on CentOS-3, CentOS-4 etc, it is built for a CentOS-2 like environment (well at least 9i is), so you need CentOS-2 libraries. These have been conveniently packages for CentOS-3 users into the '-compat' rpm packages.

(from pushitz) compat-db-4.0.14-5.i386.rpm compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.122.i386.rpm etc.

in them. since

...

oracle has built it db's on a older libs the stubs file is needed to be able to install it without

much

...

troubles. this is what i have experienced in the

past,

...

i dont know how it is to install it on centos or

with

...

10g or higher since my computer does not have

enough

...

ram for that app to run. correct me if i am wrong.

You could possibly still install and run Oracle if you had enough swap instead. Sure it might not be very fast.... As already mentioned, for oracle on linux, always read this first http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml

And don't forget OTN. That is getting better these days. And remember to check out the Oracle Instant Client which can now be used with PHP :)

John.

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