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# Oracle 8i for Linux Installation HOWTO

## Stephen Darlington, `<stephen at zx81 dot org dot uk>`

v1.18, 19 July 2003

Archived Document Notice: This document has been archived by the LDP.

With this HOWTO, and a little luck, you will be able to get "Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition for Linux" installed, create a database and connect to it from a remote machine. The main focus of this guide is RedHat Linux 6.0 and Oracle 8.1.5, although it should work well for other recent distributions and more stable versions of Oracle.

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 What's in here?
- 1.2 Who is this HOWTO for?
- 1.3 New versions of this document
- 1.4 Disclaimer
- 1.5 Credits and Thanks
- 1.6 Licence

## 2. Starting off

- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Prerequisites
- 2.3 Linux setup
- 2.4 Starting off questions and answers

## 3. The installer

- 3.1 How?
- 3.2 What do I tell the installation program?
- 3.3 Installing the patch
- 3.4 Setting up your environment
- 3.5 Installations questions and answers

## 4. Creating a database

- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Step-by-step guide
- 4.3 Questions and answers

## 5. Configuration

- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Connecting as another user
- 5.3 Connecting from another machine
- 5.4 Connecting to another machine
- 5.5 Questions and answers

## 6. Final Words

- 6.1 Useful Software
- 6.2 Useful Books
- 6.3 Useful Internet resources

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