Installing Oracle 11g Release 2 on Fedora 13 « Musings of an OS plumber. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is not certified to run on Fedora 13 (Goddard) but I wanted to use it to debug a problem with a particular application which used this database.
I checked on the Internet for details about how to install this version of the Oracle database on Fedora 13 but did not come across comprehensive instructions. I therefore decided to write this post as a guide for others who may also wish to install this database on Fedora 13. First of all you need to add a number of kernel parameters to /etc/sysctl.conf if they do not already exist in this file or have values less then what is shown here. Blog.fpmurphy.com/blog-images/oracleem1.png. Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) Installation On Oracle Linux 5. This article describes the installation of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) (64-bit) on Oracle Linux 5 (64-bit).
The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap and secure Linux set to permissive. Oracle recommend a default server installation, but for these installations the following package groups installed: Desktop Environments > GNOME Desktop Environment Applications > Editors Applications > Graphical Internet Development > Development Libraries Development > Development Tools Servers > Server Configuration Tools Base System > Administration Tools Base System > Base Base System > System Tools Base System > X Window System.