Overview
This procedure installs Oracle RDBMS 12.1.0.2 onto an OEL6u5 stand-alone system, and patched to 12.1.0.2.4.
References
Procedure
Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM
Following the advice in Automatically Configuring Oracle Linux with Oracle Preinstallation RPM , there is no need to set up access to YUM repository as this was done through OEL6u5 installation.
Run the following command as
root
:
yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall
Set Up ORACLE User
Run the following commands as
root
:
# Enable wheel group access to sudo
visudo
# change password
passwd oracle
# put oracle into wheel group for sudo access
usermod -G oinstall,dba,wheel -g oinstall oracle
Set Up Software Directories
Run the following commands as
root
:
# Create oracle base and software directory
mkdir -p /opt/app/oracle/software
# Make oracle user the owner of /opt/app and all existing sub-directories
chown -R oracle:oinstall /opt/app
Transfer Files
The following files are transferred to
/opt/app/oracle/software
:
linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip
linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip
p20831110_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip
p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip
Unzip the Files
As the
oracle
user, run the following commands:
cd /opt/app/oracle/software
unzip -qo linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip
unzip -qo linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip
Install Oracle Software
The procedure is in 7 Installing Oracle Database .
As the
oracle
user, run the following commands:
cd /opt/app/oracle/software/database
./runInstaller
Only the software is installed.
Patch to 12.1.0.2.4
Followed the advice in 8 Oracle Database Postinstallation Tasks , and patched the Oracle Home to 12.1.0.2.4 (which is the latest PSU at the time of writing).
Updated OPatch as follows:
cd /opt/app/oracle/software
unzip -qo p6880880_121010_Linux-x86-64.zip -d /opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1
Apply the patch as follows:
cd /opt/app/oracle/software
unzip -qo p20831110_121020_Linux-x86-64.zip -d .
export PATH=/opt/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/OPatch:${PATH}
cd 20831110/
opatch apply