How to quickly use vnc to install Oracle database

Jephe Wu - http://linuxtechres.blogspot.com

Objective: use simplest/fastest way to install Oracle database


Steps:

1. read http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/ginnydbinstallonlinux6-1845247.html  for how to install Oracle on OL6

For OL 5, the package is oracle-validated rpm. and please refer to
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/servers-storage-admin/ginnydbinstallonlinux-488779.html

2. install vnc-server for OL5 and tigervnc-server for OL6, and install xterm package so that we can have a xterminal window after vnc

Note: xterm rpm package doesn't depend on X11 server, it requires a few tools and fonts package.

If you didn't choose 'X Window System' during installing Oracle Linux 6 or RHEL 6, you have to install xorg-x11-twm package also for having window manager in vnc for dbca to work.

3. run 'vncserver' after login as 'oracle' user

4.  run 'vncpasswd' to set vnc password for 'oracle' user

5. run installer from xterm terminal windows after vnc into the server

6.  run 'dbca', 'emca' etc to create database and Enterprise Manager database control if necessary.

7. make sure /etc/hosts has correct ip address and hostname entry, then run the following to create EM.

emca -config dbcontrol db -repos recreate

Oracle 10g and 11g Installation Documentation for Linux and Windows

Jephe Wu - http://linuxtechres.blogspot.com



Part I: Documentation from Oracle website itself:

• You can access https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=44785:1:0 to search all the tags

•  Installing Oracle Database 10g on Windows - QBE - including creating oracle user - http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/10g/r2/prod/install/wininst/wininst_otn.htm
• Installing Oracle Database 11g on Windows - QBE -without creating oracle user - http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/11g/r1/prod/install/dbinst/windbinst2.htm
•  Installing and Configuring Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 General Availability - including creating oracle user before installing database 11g - http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/11g/r1/prod/install/oel5gainst/oel5gainst.htm
• Installating Oracle Database 11g on Linux - QBE -without creating oracle user - http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/11g/r1/prod/install/dbinst/dbinst.htm
• Installing Oracle Software and Building the Database  - QBE - http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/db/11g/r2/prod/install/dbinstr2/dbinst.htm

Part II: Documentation from third-party website:

• Installing Oracle on Enterprise Linux & RHEL - http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Installing+Oracle+on+Enterprise+Linux+%26+RHEL
• http://www.puschitz.com/InstallingOracle10g.shtm

10g 64bit installation requirement:

• Install 10g on RHEL4 64bit - installation requirement , similar with 11g installation steps:

- http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/install.102/b15667/pre_install.htm

1. yum install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs

otherwise ,you will get error message jre/1.4.2/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or dir afer launching runInstlaler.

     2.  yum install libaio*

     3. run this:
yum install xorg-x11-deprecated-libs
yum install sysstat*
yum install libaio*
yum install unixODBC*
yum install binutils*
yum install compat-db*
yum install gcc-c++*
yum install libstdc++*
yum install make*
yum install sysstat*
yum install glibc*
 yum install control-center*