Was given a linux server (SUSE 10.3) in work (Dell PowerEdge300SC 512MB RAM) and asked to install Oracle 10.2 XE (oracle-xe-10.2.01.1-1.0.i386.rpm)
Here’s a list of some of the problems and solutions I encountered:
P1. Need to be root to perform the install.
P2. Now that you’ve changed user you may not be able to find where you downloaded everything!
P3. Some dependencies may not be present for the install to go ahead – i had the following issue
“Failed dependencies:
libaio >= 0.3.96 is needed by oracle-xe-10.2.01.1-1.0.i386.rpm
P4. insufficient swapsize (Machine’s was set to 1019, needed 1024, so close but yet so far)
This system does not meet the minimum requirements for swap space. Based on the amount of physical memory available on the system, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition requires 1024 MB of swap space. This system has 1019 MB of swap space. Configure more swap space on the system and retry the installation.
error: %pre(oracle-xe-10.2.01.1-1.0.i386) scriplet failed, exit status 1
error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping oracle-xe-10.2.01.1-1.0.
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