LINUX DEBIAN ============ http://wiki.debian.org/FrontPage http://www.debian-administration.org/ static network inet =================== vi /etc/network/interfaces iface eth0 inet static address 10.200.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.254 /etc/init.d/networking restart route add default gw vi /etc/resolv.conf Fstab ===== /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdxx /usr ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/auto/floppy ext2 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/auto/cdrom iso9660 users,exec,noauto,ro 0 0 oracle 10gR2 32bit - required packages ================================ http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Oracle_Accounts.html /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall /usr/sbin/groupadd dba /usr/sbin/groupadd nobody /usr/sbin/useradd -m -g oinstall -G dba -p passwd -d /home/oracle oracle /usr/sbin/useradd -g nobody nobody mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 chmod -R 775 /u01 /usr/sbin/groupadd nobody vi /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free apt-get update apt-get install libaio apt-get install gcc make binutils libmotif3 lesstif2 rpm libaio1 libdb3 apt-get install gcc-3.4 g++-3.4 libstdc++6 libc6-dev apt-get install gcc-3.3 g++-3.3 libstdc++5 libc5-dev Create the following symlinks: ln -s /usr/bin/awk /bin/awk ln -s /usr/bin/rpm /bin/rpm ln -s /usr/bin/basename /bin/basename # Suggested by Giuseppe Sacco ln -s /etc /etc/rc.d # Required for root.sh vi .bash_profile export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs vi .bash_profile export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1