Installing Oracle 11g on Redhat Linux 6

1. Open terminal window and login as root

2. Check hostname & IP on file /etc/hosts
To get hostname run command
# hostname
To get your IP run file
# /sbin/ifconfig # It will be under the ouput of section
lo as inet addr
If IP and hostname are not present then insert them in file:
# vi /etc/hosts
e.g. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
3. Add Host IP to the hosts granted of connection with the X Server
# xhost +<yourIP> Example: #xhost +127.0.0.1
4. Add Groups and User
# groupadd -g 502 oinstall
# groupadd -g 503 dba
# groupadd -g 504 oper
# groupadd -g 505 asmadmin
# useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba,asmadmin,oper oracle
# passwd oracle
5. Create the directories where Oracle will be installed and give right ownershi
p and permission
# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
# chmod -R 775 /u01
6. Set Kernel's Parameters
# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
Add or amend the following lines in the /etc/sysctl.conf file.
#### Oracle 11g Kernel Parameters ####
fs.suid_dumpable = 1
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.shmall = 2097152 # This parameter
may already exist in file
kernel.shmmax = 536870912 # This parameter
may already exist in file
kernel.shmmni = 4096
# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
net.core.rmem_default=4194304
net.core.rmem_max=4194304
net.core.wmem_default=262144
net.core.wmem_max=1048586
Comment out these lines in same file /etc/sysctl.conf
#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0
#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0
#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0
7. Add user settings in limits.conf file
# vi /etc/security/limits.conf
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file.
#### oracle User Settings 4 Oracle 11g ####
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft stack 10240
8. Disable Secure (SE) Linux by editing the /etc/selinux/config file, making sur
e the SELINUX flag is set as follows SELINUX=disabled
# vi /etc/selinux/config
9. Run the following command to Load the New Kernel Parameters.
# /sbin/sysctl -p
10. Install the Prerequisite Packages
# yum install gcc compat-libstdc++-33 elfutils-libelf-devel glibc-header
s gcc-c++ \libaio-devel libstdc++-devel unixODBC unixODBC-devel sysstat
# Error during installing of packages due repo errors, to resolve add DVD as bas
e repository in RHEL 6
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/iso.repo # create new file
Following lines should be added to above file. You can use your favorite
editor.
[base]
name=CDROM
baseurl=file:///mnt/cd/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-releas
e
Now mount Installation DVD to /mnt/cd. # Can be mount anywhere, just baseu
rl in above configuration.
# mkdir /mnt/cd
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cd
11. Unzip the Oracle 11g Database, Set oracle as Owner and Move it into the orac
le's Home - if not already unzip
# cd </path/To/linux_11gR2*.zip>
# unzip linux_11gR2_database_1of2.zip
# unzip linux_11gR2_database_2of2.zip
# chown -R oracle:oinstall database # May be reappli
ed if ./runInstaller file doesn't run, make sure permission has been granted
# mv database /home/oracle
12. Add Paths to Oracle's .bash_profile
# Login as Oracle
# su oracle
13. Edit the .bash_profile
# vi /home/oracle/.bash_profile
Insert the following contents in .bash_profile:
# Oracle Settings
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=<HOSTNAME>; export ORACLE_HOSTNAME # <HOSTN
AME> to be replaced with ip like 127.0.0.1
ORACLE_UNQNAME=DB11G; export ORACLE_UNQNAME
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_SID=<DBSID>; export ORACLE_SID # <DBSID
> to be replaced with SID like Orcl
PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH
14. Install the Oracle 11g Software
cd /home/oracle/database
./runInstaller