[Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

Sat Feb 19 22:36:46 UTC 2005
Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com>

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 at 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
> 
> João Medeiros
> Leics, UK
> Linux User 381318
> 
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