18c Database: RPM Based Database Installations

This is the first post in the series of 18c Database features.

Starting with Oracle Database 18c, you can use the Oracle Preinstallation RPM and the rpm -ivh command to perform an RPM-based single-instance Oracle Database or Oracle Database Client installation.

An RPM-based installation performs preinstallation checks, extracts the database software, reassigns ownership of the extracted software to the preconfigured user and groups, maintains the Oracle inventory, and executes all root operations required to configure the Oracle Database software for a single-instance Oracle Database creation and configuration.

Log in as root.
Install the Oracle Preinstallation RPM to prepare your Oracle Linux machine for the RPM-based Oracle Database installation.

# yum -y install oracle-database-server-18c-preinstall

Access the software download page for Oracle Database RPM-based installation from:

Oracle Technology Network
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html

Oracle Software Delivery Cloud portal (edelivery)
https://edelivery.oracle.com/

Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)
https://linux.oracle.com/

Download the .rpm file required for performing an RPM-based installation to a directory of your choice. For example, download the oracle-ee-db-18.1.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm file to the /tmp directory.

Ensure that the /opt directory is owned by the user oracle and group oinstall.
# ls -l /opt
# chown -R oracle:oinstall /opt

Go to the rpm directory and run the rpm -ivh command to perform the RPM-based installation.

# cd /tmp/rpm
# rpm -ivh oracle_rpm_name
Where oracle_rpm_name is the name of the Oracle Database RPM.

For example:

# cd /tmp/rpm
# rpm -ivh oracle-ee-db-18.1.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

This command creates the Oracle home at the location /opt/oracle/product/18.0.0.0.0-1/dbhome_1.

-Thanks

Suresh