Installation guide

■ Oracle Linux 6

■ Oracle Linux 6 (with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel)

■ Oracle Linux 7

■ Oracle Linux 7 (with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel)

■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7

■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2

■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2

■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Starting with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2), the Security Enhanced Linux (SE

Linux) feature is supported for Oracle Linux 4, Oracle Linux 5, Oracle Linux 6, Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

To determine the distribution and version of Linux installed, enter the following

command:

# cat /proc/version

Note: Only the distributions and versions listed in the earlier list are

supported. Do not install the software on other versions of Linux.

Oracle Universal Installer performs checks to verify that the system

meets the listed requirements. To ensure that these checks pass, verify

the requirements before you start Oracle Universal Installer.

Note: For Asianux Server, Oracle Linux, and Red Hat Enterprise

Linux, system requirements are identical by kernel version.

Specifically:

Oracle Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 requirements are the

same.

Asianux Server 3, Oracle Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

requirements are the same.

Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux 5 Update 5 (2.6.32)

and above, available for x86-64 systems, contains several additional

features and performance enhancements not available either with

Oracle Linux or with other supported Linux distributions. This kernel

can be installed on either Oracle Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux

distributions. Before installing the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise

Kernel, you must have Oracle Linux 6, Oracle Linux 5 Update 5, Red

Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 5, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

installed on an x86-64 server.

The Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux is installed by

default with the Oracle Linux 6 installation.