Get the Installer

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Installation

Preliminary Steps

 

Get the Installer

Use the following information to get the installer used to install a Oracle 10g client on Linux.

To get the installer:

1. Go to http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html
2. Click FREE DOWNLOAD Download Oracle Database 10g Release 2
3. Click Oracle Database 10g Release 1 (10.1.0.3) Client for Linux x86
4. Click the checkbox labeled YES, I accept the License Terms and Export Restrictions and I acknowledge that I have reviewed and understood the agreement and agree to use the language I selected in entering into this agreement.
5. Click I Accept underneath the text box containing the licence agreement. This takes you to http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/htdocs/linuxsoft.html
6. Click ship.client.lnx32.cpio.gz which is located under the label Oracle Database 10g Client Release 1 (10.1.0.3) for Linux x86. This will download the file to your Linux machine into your home account.
7. yourAccount> gunzip ship.client.lnx32.cpio.gz
8. yourAccount> cpio -idmv ship.client.lnx32.cpio
9. yourAccount> su - root
10. root> mkdir -p /app/oracle
11. root> chown -R oracle:oinstall /app/oracle
12. root> chmod -R 755 /app/oracle
13. root> chown -R oracle:oinstall Disk1
14. root> chmod -R 755 Disk1
15. root> mv Disk1 /home/oracle/
16. Exit from root
17. root> su - oracle
18. oracle> ORACLE_BASE=/app/oracle
19. oracle> export ORACLE_BASE
20. oracle> TEMP=/tmp
21. oracle> TMPDIR=/tmp
22. oracle> export TEMP TMP
23. oracle> unset ORACLE_HOME
24. oracle> unset TNS_ADMIN