How to install Oracle Database on SuSE Linux10

How to install Oracle database on SuSE Linux10? Let me explain these steps, step by step.

System Requirements:

• Memory: 1G recommended
• Swap partition: set to 2 times the memory
• /tmp disk space: 400MB or more
• Disk space: software 3.5G data 1.2G

Required software:

• SuSE Linux10 for x86
• Oracle database 10gR2 for linux32
• The Orarun-1.8-109.15.i586.rpm software package can be downloaded from http://ftp.novell.com/partners/oracle/sels-9

Installation steps:

1. Install SuSE

To install SuSE, make sure to install the “C/C++ Compiler and Tools” package.

# gcc --version

Check if the package is installed

2. Install the required software packages

Install orarun package

#rpm –ivh orarun-1.8-109.15.i586.rpm

Install libaio and libaio-devel packages, these two packages can be found in SuSE Linux DISK4

#rpm –ivh orarun-1.8-109.15.i586.rpm

#rpm –ivh libaio-devel-0.3.104-3.i586.rpm