Oracle 9.2.0 install on RedHat 9

Notes by: Mark Breitung <mark@breitung.com>
Representing: WWW.LUGOD.ORG - Linux User Group of Davis

Install RH9
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1. pick server with X and development tools
2. install should go pretty easy these days on most hardware

Install Oracle 9.2.0
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1. First configure RH

  a. useradd oracle
  b. groupadd oinstall
  c. create directory for oracle install
	/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/
	chown -R oracle:oinstall /opt/oracle
  d. create directory for oracle data on separate disk
	/mnt/oracle_data
	chown oracle /mnt/oracle_data
  e. modify oracle user's .bash_profile
	LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1
  f. make sure to set ip in hosts file
	192.168.253.33 hostname
  g. check glibc rpm's
	rpm -q glibc-2.3.2-5 glibc-common-2.3.2-5 glibc-devel-2.3.2-5
	if you do not have these versions installed, oracle will not work!
	I did not because I downloaded RH from the internet.
	You can downgrade glibc from here:
		http://www.puschitz.com/rh9_gcs_download
	perform the following after downloading:
		rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
		rpm --checksig glibc-2.3.2-5.i686.rpm 
			glibc-common-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm
		rpm -Uvh --oldpackage glibc-2.3.2-5.i686.rpm 
			glibc-common-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.3.2-5.i386.rpm
   h. go to www.puschitz.com!!!

2. Install Oracle

   a. mount first oracle cd
	mount /mnt/cdrom
   b. su - oracle
   c. check environment
	make sure that you have LD_ASSUME_KERNEL set (see above)
   d. run /mnt/cdrom/rinInstaller from oracle's home directory
	do not run from /mnt/cdrom -- you will need to mount cd 2 and 3
   e. use directories created above for database and data files
   f. use defaults for just about everything else

   g. ERROR during install on RH9:  
	you will need to fix this file when the error 
		message pops up about ctx/lib/env_ctx

	To fix:
		Edit the file $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/env_ctx.mk, 
		go to "INSO_LINK =", and add a "$(LDLIBFLAG)dl" 
		to the line and save it.

		Here is the full line with the 
		added "$(LDLIBFLAG)dl" flag:

		INSO_LINK = -L$(CTXLIB) $(LDLIBFLAG)m $(LDLIBFLAG)dl 
		$(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ca $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fa $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ex 		
		$(LDLIBFLAG)sc_da $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ut $(LDLIBFLAG)sc_ch 
		$(LDLIBFLAG)sc_fi $(LLIBCTXHX) $(LDLIBFLAG)c -Wl,-rpath,
		$(CTXHOME)lib $(CORELIBS) $(COMPEOBJS)

		After that hit retry in the error popup. 


   h. If you run into other problems, I use www.puschitz.com as my guide


What I am not going into is performance tuning, 
environment setup, startup/shutdown scripts, etc.  
This is just an install guide.


Good Luck

Notes that I forgot to write you can write here
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