Oracle Database 11g Release 2(11.2) Express Edition Installation(Oracle Linux)

Package Requirements

• glibc should be greater than or equal to 2.3.4-2.41
  
• make should be greater than or equal to 3.80
  
• binutils should be greater than or equal to 2.16.91.0.5
  
• gcc should be greater than or equal to 4.1.2
  
• libaio should be greater than or equal to 0.3.104

 

Kernel Parameter Requirements

Table 2 Kernel Parameter Settings Required for Oracle Database XE

Kernel Parameter	Setting
semmsl	250
semmns	32000
semopm	100
semmni	128
shmmax	4294967295
shmmni	4096
shmall	2097152
file-max	6815744
VERSION	2.4.21
ip_local_port_range	9000–65500

Installation

rpm -ivh downloads/oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm

Configuration

• 
  A valid HTTP port for the Oracle Application Express (the default is 8080)
  
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  A valid port for the Oracle database listener (the default is 1521)
  
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  A password for the SYS and SYSTEM administrative user accounts
  
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  Confirm password for SYS and SYSTEM administrative user accounts
  
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  Whether you want the database to start automatically when the computer starts (next reboot)

Usuage

To start the database manually, run this command as root user:

# /etc/init.d/oracle-xe start

To stop the database manually, run the following command as root user:

# /etc/init.d/oracle-xe stop

Referenced from Oracle