In this post, I’m installing the Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.1.0) software on Oracle Linux 7.4. Only the software is being installed at this point.
First and foremost, before you start, make sure your Linux server meets the minimum hardware requirements:
- 1GB of RAM (plus appropriately sized swap space)
- 6.4GB of disk space for the software installation
- 1GB of disk space for your /tmp directory
Download the database 12c software
You need to download both Oracle Database 12cR2 parts from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
Once you’ve downloaded the software, unzip file to a staging area:
[oracle@localhost 12c]$ ll
total 3372756
drwxr-xr-x. 7 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 26 2017 database
-rw-r--r--. 1 oracle oinstall 3453696911 Nov 11 00:22 linuxx64_12201_database.zip
[oracle@localhost 12c]$ cd database/
[oracle@localhost database]$ ll
total 24
drwxr-xr-x. 4 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 26 2017 install
drwxrwxr-x. 2 oracle oinstall 61 Jan 26 2017 response
drwxr-xr-x. 2 oracle oinstall 35 Jan 26 2017 rpm
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 8771 Jan 26 2017 runInstaller
drwxrwxr-x. 2 oracle oinstall 29 Jan 26 2017 sshsetup
drwxr-xr-x. 14 oracle oinstall 4096 Jan 26 2017 stage
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 oracle oinstall 500 Feb 7 2013 welcome.html
[oracle@localhost database]$
So we successfully completed the software installation of Oracle 12CR2. Happy DBA'ing :)
