Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux

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Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux
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Table of Contents In this lesson, you learn how to install Oracle Database 10g on Linux.
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Storage Management This lesson covers the following topics:
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Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux
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OracleAS 10g 10.1.2
Overview
OracleAS 10g 9.0.4
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Collaboration Suite 10g
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Collaboration Suite 10g Using the Oracle Universal Installer, you install the Oracle Database 10g software and create a database.
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Collaboration Suite (9.0.4) Prerequisites
EM Grid Control 10g

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10g Grid Control (Release 1)
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10g Grid Control (Release 2)
JDeveloper

JDeveloper 10.1.3
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JDeveloper 9.0.5 and 10.1.2 Completed the Configuring Linux for the Installation of Oracle Database 10g lesson.
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Data Warehousing
Warehouse Builder 10g
Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux
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Warehouse Builder 10g
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To install the Oracle software, you must use the GUI installer.
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SELECT COUNTRY 1. Log in to the Linux box as user oracle and mount the Oracle Database 10g CD. Change directory to the CD
and execute the script /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller from your home directory:

/mnt/cdrom/runInstaller

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2. At the Welcome window, click Next.

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3. You need to specify your Inventory directory. The location should be set to /u01/app/oracle/
oraInventory. Accept the default Operating System group name, oinstall. Then click Next.

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4. The following window appears. Leave this window open.

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5. You need to execute orainstRoot.sh as the root user. Open a terminal window and enter the following
commands:

su
<rootpassword>
cd /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
./orainstRoot.sh
exit
exit

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6. Switch back to the Universal Installer window and click Continue.

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7. At the Specify File Locations window, change the path to /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1. Then
click Next.

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8. Make sure the Installation Type Enterprise Edition is selected and click Next.

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9. The installer now verifies that the system meets all the minimum requirements for installing and configuring the
chosen product. Please correct any reported issues before continuing. When the check successfully completes,
click Next.

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10. You want to create a starter database. Make sure that Create a starter database and General Purpose are
both selected. Then click Next.

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11. Enter orcl.oracle.com in the Global Database Name field, and select the Create database with example
schemas check box. Then click Next. If you plan to perform any of the multilingual lessons, you should select
Unicode standard UTF-8 AL32UTF8 as the database character set.

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12. The Select Database Management Option window enables you to choose between Database Control or Grid
Control of your database. In this example, you accept the default, which is Database Control. Click Next.

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13. Specify the database file location as /u01/app/oracle/oradata and click Next.

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14. In the Specify Backup and Recovery Options window, you do not want to enable automated backups at this
time. Accept the default and click Next.

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15. Enter and confirm a password for all accounts, and then click Next.

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16. Review the Summary window to verify what is to be installed. Then click Install.

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17. The progress window appears.

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18. The Configuration Assistants window appears.

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19. Your database is now being created.

20. When the database is created, click OK.

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21. When the Setup Privileges window appears, open a new terminal window.

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22. You need to execute root.sh as the root user. From your terminal window, enter the following commands:

cd $ORACLE_BASE/product/10.1.0/db_1
su
<rootpassword>
./root.sh
exit
exit

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23. The End of Installation summary appears. The ports shown in the summary can be found in $ORACLE_BASE/
product/10.1.0/db_1/portlist.ini. Click OK.

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24. Click Yes to exit.

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