Installing Oracle Database 11g XE on Oracle Enterprise Linux (64-bit)

Before we begin installing Oracle Database XE in Linux, we need to prepare the environment by installing the required packages, setting kernel parameters, and so on.

To begin, make sure that the following Linux packages are installed. To verify that the following Linux packages are installed use the rpm —qa <package name> command:

• kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.el5.x86_64.rpm

• glibc-2.5-49.x86_64.rpm

• make-3.81-3.el5.x86_64.rpm

• binutils-2.17.50.0.6-14.el5.x86_64.rpm

• glibc-devel-2.5-49.x86_64.rpm

• glibc-headers-2.5-49.x86_64.rpm

• libgomp-4.4.0-6.el5.x86_64.rpm

• gcc-4.1.2-48.el5.x86_64.rpm

• libaio-0.3.106-5.x86_64.rpm

The parameters that need to be included in the sysctl.conf file under /etc are as follows. These changes are to be made by logging in as the root user:

kernel.semmsl=250
kernel.semmns=32000
kernel.semopm=100
kernel.semmni=128
kernel.shmmax=4294967295
kernel.shmmni=4096
kernel.shmall=2097152
kernel.sem= 250...