Basics of Oracle Installation- Oracle10g: A Case Study Part 2

Step 3:

Copy the binaries in the Oracle Base directory you have created earlier.

Generally the binaries are in ZIP format, so you need to unzip it before using it. Depending upon the zipping format you can either user Unix’s utilities like GZIP (.gz extensions), cpio –ivdm < file.cpio (for cpio extensions) or unzip (for .zip extensions).

Invoke the runInstaller file to start the OUI, using the following command.

bash$ cd  database/

bash$ ./runInstaller

After invoking the runInstaller OUI appears

1. Provide the details about

a)      Select Oracle Home

b)      Installation Type

c)       DBA Group

d)      Starter DatabaseSpecifications

2.  Click Next

3. Provide the Inventory Location

4. Select OS group name.

Click Next

5. System would proceed for the product specific prerequisite checks