X server configuration

An X server is required for this installation of Oracle. Note that we must disable the "Deny TCP connections to X
server" feature to enable the server database to connect to the desktop.
To disable this option from your desktop:
Go to System > Administration > Login Window
In the Security tab, uncheck the option Deny TCP connections to X server

Once this is done it will restart the X server.

Updating packages
We must update UBUNTU and all packages:
Connect via ssh
Switch to root:

#sudo -s
Launch

the following commands:

#apt-get update
#apt-get dist-upgrade
Restart:

#reboot

Installing packages needed for pre-installation

A number of packages are required for installing Oracle:
build-essential, libaio1, gawk, ksh, libmotif3, alien, libtool, and lsb-rpm.
To install them simply connect through ssh, switch to root and issue the command:

#apt-get install build-essential libaio1 gawk ksh libmotif3 alien libtool lsb-rpm

Update shell
It is necessary to update the shell to bash. To do this, use the following code:
# cd /bin
# ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-04-28 19:59 /bin/sh -> dash
# ln -sf bash /bin/sh
# ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-05-01 22:51 /bin/sh -> bash

Update the configuration of system users

It is necessary to make some changes to system configuration:
Go to the root directory level:
# cd
# pwd
/root
Add

groups: oinstall, dba, nobody

addgroup oinstall
Adding group 'oinstall' (GID 1001) ...
Done.
# addgroup dba
Adding group 'dba' (GID 1002) ...
Done.
# addgroup nobody
Adding group 'nobody' (GID 1003) ...
Done.
# usermod -g nobody nobody
Add oracle user

# useradd -g oinstall -G dba -p password -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash oracle

# passwd oracle
Password changed.
# mkdir /home/oracle
# chown -R oracle:dba /home/oracle
Create symbolic links

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ln -s /usr/bin/awk /bin/awk
ln -s /usr/bin/rpm /bin/rpm
ln -s /usr/bin/basename /bin/basename
mkdir /etc/rc.d
for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 S ; do ln -s /etc/rc$i.d /etc/rc.d/rc$i.d ; done
Create ORACLE_BASE

# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle
# chown -R oracle:dba /u01

Updating the system configuration

We must also make some changes to some system files by adding a number of parameters such as size of
shared memory to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:

fs.file-max = 65535

kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65535
net.core.rmem_default = 1048576
net.core.rmem_max = 1048576
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
Furthermore, we must integrate the following

oracle soft nproc 2047

oracle hard nproc 16383
oracle soft nofile 1023
oracle hard nofile 65535
Next, add the following

to the /etc/security/limits.confce file:

to /etc/pam.d/login to validate parameters /etc/security/limits.conf:

session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so

session required pam_limits.so
Before proceeding to the next stage either restart

the system, which is recommended, or force the handling

of parameters added via the command sysctl-p:

sysctl -p:
# sysctl -p
kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7
kernel.maps_protect = 1
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
vm.mmap_min_addr = 65536
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
fs.file-max = 65535
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65535
net.core.rmem_default = 1048576
net.core.rmem_max = 1048576
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144

Installing Oracle
Once the above steps are complete, simply log on as Oracle user and launch the downloaded Oracle runInstaller
executable (at directory level) and follow the installation steps.

Post-installation configuration
Once installation is complete, it will make some updates to the system configuration file:
Add the following lines to /etc/profile:

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.X.Y/db_home1
export PATH=$PATH:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.X.Y/db_home1/bin
Add the following environment variables:

export
export
export
export

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.X.Y/db_home1
ORACLE_OWNR=oracle
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin