<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Oracle 8i for Linux Installation HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Oracle 8i for Linux Installation HOWTO</H1> <H2>Stephen Darlington, <CODE><stephen at zx81 dot org dot uk></CODE></H2>v1.18, 19 July 2003 <P><HR> <EM>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.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 What's in here?</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Who is this HOWTO for?</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 New versions of this document</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.4">1.4 Disclaimer</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.5">1.5 Credits and Thanks</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html#ss1.6">1.6 Licence</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-2.html">Starting off</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Overview</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Prerequisites</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Linux setup</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 Starting off questions and answers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html">The installer</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 How?</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 What do I tell the installation program?</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Installing the patch</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Setting up your environment</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Installations questions and answers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-4.html">Creating a database</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Overview</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Step-by-step guide</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Questions and answers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html">Configuration</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Overview</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 Connecting as another user</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Connecting from another machine</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Connecting to another machine</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Questions and answers</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-6.html">Final Words</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Useful Software</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 Useful Books</A> <LI><A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Useful Internet resources</A> </UL> <HR> <A HREF="Oracle-8-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>
