Oracle 11.2g install on OLE 6.x
This notes are really just a reminder to myself of the typical “issues” that I encounter every time I do a new install of OEL 6.x and 11.2.0.4
These notes are in addition to the excellent installation instructions given by oracle-base.com: oel install, DB 11.2.0.x install
The notes listed below are just a reminder to myself of things that I seem to always have to look up. If you finish them useful then great.
1. Display issue & Installer not able to run
install says to do xhost +:0.0 this can give an error
instead do host +:0.0 and that should allow the installer to run
2. Now enough swap space when installer checks the pre-requisites
Need to add an addition 500M to the swap space
su (and then enter the password)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile bs=1M count=500
mkswap /tmp/swapfile
swapon /tmp/swapfile
exit (to return to the oracle user)
you can then turn off the extra space (if you really need to) after the install is finished
swapoff /tmp/swapfile
rm /tmp/swapfile
3. Post-Installation task
don’t forget the final step, to set to restart flag
as root
vi /etc/oratab
change the following line to have the Y at the end (instead of the N)
DB11G:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1:Y
4. Set up the automated start and stop of the DB
Again Oracle-Base gives an excellent set of instructions for doing this. Click here.
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