1.1.1 Installing Oracle 10g (Installing the Database)
1.1.1 Installing Oracle 10g (Installing the Database)
This Oracle 10g database is available free for
downloading from its official website. It is free for evaluation, not
distribution:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/index.html
Oracle has also released a new small footprint
of the Oracle 10g database. Entitled the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition,
it is free for development, deployment and distribution under the Oracle
license. The Express Edition is primarily used for the development of single
user applications on Java, .NET or PHP. It can also help entry-level database
administrators when they start working on an Oracle database:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html
For the purposes of this manual, the Oracle
Database 10g Express Edition has been used to install Compiere. You can
download it for both Windows and Linux platforms.
The installation file looks like this:
$ oracle-xe-10.2.0.1-0.1.i386.rpm
Download and install the Oracle Database 10g
Express Edition.
$ rpm -i oracle-xe-10.2.0.1-0.1.i386.rpm
After installation, configure the Oracle
database with the following command:
$ /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
Add the following line into the /etc/profile
file, so that each time you logon, the Oracle settings run automatically.
$ gedit /etc/profile
opens the profile file. Add the following line
in the end:
. /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/oracle_env.sh
Save and exit, Type
$ source /etc/profile