Install Oracle 11i (11.5.10.

2) on Linux
Software 1. Software for Oracle 11i can be downloaded from edelivery.oracle.com(46 zip files) or you can order disks via metalink account. 2. Unzip these files and this should create five directory startCD, oraAppDB, oraApps, oraDB, oraiAS O. S. Requirement 1. Linux Package : make sure you have ar, gcc, g++, ld, ksh, make, X Display Server 2. Disk Space : 26 GB for Application Tier & 65 GB for Vision Database (31 GB for fresh database). Hence total 57 GB for fresh DB & 91 GB for Vision Instance. 3. If you are installing apps 11.5.10.2 from Staging area you need another 24GB (No need if you are doing install from inserting CDs on prompt) 4. O.S. User : Create two operating system user, avis11i (Application Tier) & ovis11i (Database Tier) both belonging to group DBA. You can use single user as well for both Application Tier & Database Tier 5. JDK : No need to install JDK 1.4.2 on solaris, Linux or windows as 11i Installer will install it. For other operating system you need to install JDK 1.4.2 6. For full list of RPMs required on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Visit Metalink Note # 303859.1 Things you must do/know before installation A) set environment variable LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 for root user B) gcc -v (Should be of version 3.2.x) For any other version mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc.orig mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++.orig ln -s /usr/bin/i386-redhat-linux-gcc32 /usr/bin/gcc ln -s /usr/bin/i386-redhat-linux-g++32 /usr/bin/g++ C) If your installation fail some time restart installation by option restart like rapidwiz -restart D) If you try to access apps from linux machine from browser other than Mozilla (like KDE)you will get error message that You have insufficient privileges for current operation E) Installer should be started from root user Starting Installation 1. Go to Staging directory /stage_location/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/ 2. ./rapidwiz 3. Create base directory under which you wish to install database & apps tier with proper permission (owner) (Five main directory [SID]appl,[SID]comn,[SID]ora owned by application user (avis11i) & [SID]db, [SID]data owned by database o.s. user (ovis11i) ) Post Install
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1. Set environment variable in O.S. user profile /install_base/[sid]appl/APPSORA.env (For Application Tier User, avis11i) /install_base/[sid]db/SID_hostname.env (For Application Tier User, ovis11i) 2. For start/stop services of Oracle Apps 11i visit 11i Startup/Shutdown Scripts Error/Issues during 11i Install Issue : RW-50004: Error code received when running external process. Check log file for details. Running Database Install Drivers for VIS Database Check Logsat : $install_base/[sid]db/9.2.0/appsutil/log/[SID]_[hostname]/MMDDHHMM.log Error while running adlnkoh.sh, log for adlnkoh.sh at $install_base/[sid]db /9.2.0/install/make.log In make.log file libgcc_s.so : undefined reference to `dl_iterate_phdr@GLIBC_2.2.4` Fix : This issue is very well explained in Note : 363600.1 dl_iterate_phdr@GLIBC_2.2.4Error on Linux Running Rapidwiz References: 303859.1 Requirements for Installing Oracle 9iR2 on RHEL 4 11i Install Guide from Oracle

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