Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux

Purpose

In this lesson, you learn how to install Oracle Database 10g on Linux.

Topics

This lesson covers the following topics:

Overview
Prerequisites
Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux

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Overview

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Using the Oracle Universal Installer, you install the Oracle Database 10g software and
create a database.

Prerequisites

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Before starting this lesson, you should have:

Completed the Configuring Linux for the Installation of Oracle Database 10g lesson.
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Installing Oracle Database 10g on Linux

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To install the Oracle software, you must use the GUI installer.

Log in to the Linux box as user oracle and mount the Oracle Database 10g CD. Change
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directory to the CD and execute the script /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller from your
home directory:
 /mnt/cdrom/runInstaller

At the Welcome window, click Next.

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

The following window appears. Leave this window open.

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You need to execute orainstRoot.sh as the root user. Open a terminal window and
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enter the following commands:
su
<rootpassword>
cd /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
./orainstRoot.sh
exit
exit

Switch back to the Universal Installer window and click Continue.

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At the Specify File Locations window, change the path to

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 /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1. Then click Next.

Make sure the Installation Type Enterprise Edition is selected and click Next.
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The installer now verifies that the system meets all the minimum requirements for installing
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and configuring the chosen product. Please correct any reported issues before continuing.
When the check successfully completes, click Next.

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

Enter orcl.oracle.com in the Global Database Name field, and select the Create
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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.

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

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

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

Enter and confirm a password for all accounts, and then click Next.
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Review the Summary window to verify what is to be installed. Then click Install.
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The progress window appears.

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The Configuration Assistants window appears.

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Your database is now being created.

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When the database is created, click OK.

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When the Setup Privileges window appears, open a new terminal window.
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You need to execute root.sh as the root user. From your terminal window, enter the
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following commands:
 cd $ORACLE_BASE/product/10.1.0/db_1
su
<rootpassword>
./root.sh
exit
exit

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

Click Yes to exit.

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