[Centos] Oracle Apps on Linux

Tue Feb 22 10:19:52 UTC 2005
Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com>

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 at caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 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
> > 
> > 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