11.5.10 prerequisites

Oracle Applications 11.5.10 - Installation Update Notes for Linux x86, Solaris SPARC, MS Windows, HP-UX PA-RISC, HP-Tru64, IBM AIX - B13590-01 [ID 287453.1]

Oracle® Applications Installation Update Notes
Release 11i (11.5.10) for Linux x86, Solaris SPARC, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX PA-RISC, HP-Tru64, IBM AIX

Oracle® Applications

Installation Update Notes

Release 11i (11.5.10) for Linux x86, Solaris SPARC, Microsoft Windows, HP-UX PA-RISC, HP-Tru64, IBM AIX

Required Packages and Patches

The following table lists the packages and individual patches required for each operating system. Unless otherwise note, the packages and patches must be installed manually.

Additional Information:
Refer to the vendor's operating system installation manual or the operating system media for information on obtaining and applying these patches.

Operating System Required Patches

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 2.1
* pdksh-5.s.14-13 (Oracle Discoverer)
* openmotif-2.1.30-x


Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0* Quarterly Update 1 or higher (Minimum required version)

Note: See Certify on OracleMetaLink for information on specific Quarterly Updates requirements.


Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0* Quarterly Update 4 (Recommended version)

Note: From the Package Group Selection screen, select Legacy Software Development. The following components will be installed automatically:

* compat-db-4.0.14-5.1
* compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
* compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
* compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
* compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
* setarch-1.3-1
* pdksh-5.2.14-21 (Oracle Discoverer)

The following required component must be installed manually:

* openmotif-2.1.30-x

Note: Available on Disk 3 of Quarterly Update 4 media.


Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0* Legacy Software Development package and X Software Development package

Note: Select these packages from the Package Group Selection screen. If the operating system is already installed, use System Settings > Add/Remove Applications to install these two packages.

The following components will be installed automatically:


* compat-db-4.1.25-9

* compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3yyyyyyyyy

* compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3

* compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5yyyyyyyyy

* compat-libcwait-2.0-2yyyyyyyyyyy

* compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2

* compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2

* compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3

* xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.1-23.EL

* xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-23.EL

The following required component must be installed manually:

* openmotif-2.1.30-x

Note: For information on downloading the openmotif component, see the instructions at the following URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-412.html


SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 The following required components must be installed manually:

* openmotif-2.1.30-x

* gcc 2.95.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Service Pack 3

Note:You can download "openmotif-2.1.30-x" at the following URL:

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/search/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=70bbf5fc1e287442b21b3c602acd7f71html


You can download the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Service Pack 3 at the following URL:

http://download.novell.com/directed

gcc 2.95.3 is included in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 operating system CDs named as gcc_old package


Install glibc-devel during the installation of the operating system by selecting the "C/C++ Compiler and Tools" option. If the operating system is already installed, manually select the package when installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 Service Pack 3.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 The following required components must be installed manually:

* openmotif-2.1.30-x
* gcc 2.95.3
* orarun-1.8-109

Note:

* /suse/s390/openmotif21-libs-2.1.30MLI4-119.1.s390.rpm is available in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 CD2
* gcc 2.95.3 is included in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 operating system CDs named as gcc_old package
* orarun-1.8-109 can be downloaded from http://ftp.novell.com/partners/oracle/sles-9/

Solaris 8 (2.8) None
Solaris 9 (2.9) 113886-22, 113887-22, 113096-03, 112785-42
HP-UX PA-RISC 11.00 C++ Compiler C.03.27** (or higher)
HP-UX PA-RISC 11.11 PHCO_25452, PHNE_25084, PHNE_25642, PHSS_24638 (C++), GOLDQPK11i-December 01, C++ Compiler C.03.27** (or higher)
HP-UX PA-RISC 11.23 C++ Compiler A.03.60** (or higher)
HP-UX Itanium 11.23 None
IBM AIX 5L (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) Visual Age C++ 6.0.0.5 and Oct. 2003 PTF (or higher) or IBM XL 7.0 C/C++** (or higher)
Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. See also General Requirements for Windows.
Windows Server 2003 See General Requirements for Windows.
*After installing these patches, run ldconfig -v.

Setting Kernel Parameters

Most oracle products require certain kernel parameters to be set as a pre requisite for installation. Common kernel parameters include parameters for shared memory .

The /etc/sysctl.conf file takes care of your kernel parameters.
#vi /etc/sysctl.conf
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 128
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000

However changes made to this file take effect only after the next reboot.

The sysctl command can be used to set the kernel parameter at runtime in linux.
sysctl -p
sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=2147483648