Prerequisites

Minimal Linux installation: o The Oracle Linux (OL) 4 and RHEL4 anaconda installer has a 'MINIMAL' installation option; the result is not an absolute minimum configuration, but is a workable environment. The package list can be further customized; o The OL5 and RHEL5 anaconda installer does not offer a MINIMAL option. Choosing the 'CUSTOMIZE' option and deselecting every package or package group will result in a minimal intallation; installing the 'BASE SYSTEM/BASE' package group provides a workable environment - it contains openssh,yum, ksh, tcpdump, wget, configuration tools and various other useful server software; o The default installation of OL5/RHEL6 is basic server install.The package list can be further customized; OL4/5/6 RPM repository - either local from the distribution or via a channel e.g. ULN or public-yum. Note that one does not need to have an internet-based channel. A local OL RPM repository generated using the files from the installation media is adequate. (See Note 579101.1) The yum and/or up2date package installed and configured

Installation

For OL4/RHEL4 and OL5/RHEl5, either one of below will install all packages required for running Oracle software and resolve all dependencies:

yum:
# yum install oracle-validated

up2date: up2date needs a repository, so the oracle-validated package needs to be added to an existing repository or a new repository needs to be created then added to the up2date configuration:
# up2date --nox --update oracle-validated

For Oracle database 11gR2 running on OL6/RHEL6, use command below to install all packages required for running Oracle software and resolve all dependencies .
# yum install oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall

For Oracle database 12cR1 running on OL6/RHEL6,use command below to install all packages required for running Oracle software and resolve all dependencies.
yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall

Remarks

The oracle-validated package is intended for OL and RHEL systems which are registered and configured to use the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) orpublic-yum; You can get more details about Unbreakable Linux Network from url of https://linux.oracle.com RHEL systems registered with RHN or without an registration with an update channel and which should remain RedHat, can generate a primary list of missing dependencies (manually download the oracle-validated rpm package on public-yum):
# rpm -Uhv oracle-validated-<version>-<release>.rpm

and install those using up2date or yum. Configuration of memory and semaphore parameters and creation of groups and users has to be executed as documented in the installation guide.

Installation of the oracle-validated package does not include the openssh software, which is not needed for Oracle Database single-instance configuration. However, if installing Oracle RAC, openssh is required on all nodes for the installation and patching to succeed. The MINIMAL installation option in OL4/RHEL4 and the BASE SYSTEM/BASE package in OL5/RHEL5 described above include the openssh software, client as well as server. It is also useful to install tracing tools as strace and ltrace The installation of the oracle-validated package includes the X11 client libraries, but neither installs the X-Window System, nor a window manager. If graphical tools are to be run on the system console, those packages also need to be installed separately and selectively. Oracle Enterprise Manager tiers do not require the installation of X-Windows system for installation and operation. For Oracle Linux 6, oracle-validated is replaced by package oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2preinstall( the Oracle RDBMS Server 11gR2 Pre-install RPM package ).