Requirements for Installing Oracle Database/Client 12.1.0.2 on OL8 or RHEL8 64-bit (x86-64)
(Doc ID 2738613.1)
Last updated on JULY 20, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later Oracle Database - Standard Edition Linux x86-64
Purpose
This note explains the requirements that need to be met for a successful installation of Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 release On Oracle Linux 8 (or higher) or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (or higher) 64-bit (x86-64).
It is NOT the purpose of this NOTE to repeat every "how-to" step that is presented in the Oracle Database 19c Installation Guide. For example this NOTE does not include how to create the Linux OS account named "oracle", nor does it cover how to set environment variables. Both are adequately covered in "Oracle® Database Installation Guide 12c for Linux"
Scope
This procedure is meant for those Planning / Installing Single Instance Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 on Oracle Linux 8 (or higher) or RHEL 8 (or higher) on the 64-bit (x86-64) platform. Since it is the expressed goal to keep Oracle Linux (OL) functionally IDENTICAL to RHEL, this NOTE is also completely applicable to 64-bit (x86-64) RHEL 8
**************IMPORTANT********************* This procedure is not to be followed for Planning / Installing Grid Infrastructure (GI) or any other Oracle products,because of the following important reason-
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Release 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2) is not supported on Oracle Linux 8.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1. To install Oracle Real Applications Clusters (Oracle RAC) 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2) on Oracle Linux 8.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1, first install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19c and then install Oracle RAC 12.1.0.2.
For more information about installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19c on Oracle Linux 8, see the 19c Oracle Database Release Notes:
