- Preparation
Before starting installation, you should consider the following things:
- Prepare Installation DVD-ROM
- Determine the Installation user name.
The default name is oracle, and the user is automatically created by the Install Navigator for Oracle.
- Determine the Installation group name.
The default name is "oinstall", and the group is automatically created by the Install Navigator for Oracle.
- Determine the Administration group name.
The default name is "dba", and the group is automatically created by the Install Navigator for Oracle.
- Determine the Oracle SID.
The default name is "orcl".
- Determine the Oracle Base.
The default directory is "/opt/app/oracle".
- Determine the Oracle Home.
The default directory is "/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1".
- Mount the Product Disc
Log in and switch user to root. In order to mount the disc, enter a command similar to the following:
$ su -
# mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
- Start the Install Navigator for Oracle
To run Install Navigator for Oracle as the root user, Enter a command similar to the following:
# oranavi
- Select the Installation type
Start Install Navigator for Oracle. Select the Operation type from following choices, then Click Foward.
- Oracle DBMS Installation
Install the Oracle Database.
- Oracle AS Installation
Install the Oracle Application Server
- Setting Automatic Startup and Shutdown of Database instances
Setup an automatic start up and shutdown Oracle instances during Linux system startup or shutdown.
- Select the source media
Specify the installation media.
- DVD-ROM
Install from the installation DVD-ROM.
Insert the appropriate disc into the disc drive, and Click Foward.
- Hard Disk
Choose Hard Disk, when you install from the hard drive, or install from the disc drive at a remote machine.
In this case, you can install without the Installation DVD-ROM at the installation target machine.
Choose Hard Disk, and specify the path in the response directory if you prefer, then Click Foward.
- Check the Version
Check the Product Version that you plan to install, then Click OK.
- Configure the Linux User
Specify the local Unix groups and user, then Click Foward.
- Installation group
This is the Oracle Inventory group.
The default name is oinstall.
- Administration group
This is the OSDBA group.
The default name is dba.
- Installation and Administration User
This is the Oracle Software owner.
The default name is oracle.
- Set the oracle user password and the home directory
Specify the oracle user password and user home directory, then Click Foward.
- Password
Type in the user password.
- Password(Retype)
Verify password by retyping.
- Home Directory
Specify the user's home directory.
The default directory is /home/username.
- Set the environment of the oracle user
The ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID environment variables, then Click Foward.
- ORACLE_BASE
The root of the Oracle directory tree.
- ORACLE_HOME
A subdirectory under ORACLE_BASE and a directory where the Oracle software is installed.
- ORACLE_SID
The database instance identifier.
- Set the environment variables of Apache Software
If Add some environment variables of the Oracle Database to the Apache configured file, Click Yes. Otherwise Click No.
- Configure the installation of Oracle
If Start the installation now, Click Yes. Otherwise Click No.
- Start the installation of Oracle
Install the Oracle Database according to the instruction of the Oracle Universal Installer.