Silent installation of Oracle 12c Release 2 on Linux
Oracle database is an RDMS system from Oracle Corporation.
For more information on Oracle database refer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database
Steps to install Oracle12c client on Linux .
Download and Extract Oracle 12c Software
1. Download oracle12c software from oracle official website
https://www.oracle.com/in/database/technologies/instant-client/linux-x86-64-downloads.html
2. Copy the downloaded installable to the Linux machine and unzip
1. Now edit the response file client_install.rsp in the unzipped folder
Enter values for the following variables
UNIX_GROUP_NAME= // set the group name
INVENTORY_LOCATION= //set the path where Oracle inventory file need
to be placed
ORACLE_HOME= //set the path where Oracle should be installed
ORACLE_BASE= // set the path where Oracle should be installed
oracle.install.client.installType= //Administrator
Install the Oracle12c software
4. cd /oracle12cr2/client
5. ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs -showProgress -silent -responseFile
oracle12cr2/client/response/client_install.rsp
Note: Give the absolute path of response file
6. Once installation is complete run the root.sh script with root user
TNS File
Create the TNS file and give the server details
Set .bash_profile
Set the environment variable in .bash_profile for the following
export ORACLE_HOME =
export ORACLE_BASE =
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH =
export PATH =
export TNS_ADMIN =
DSN creation
We can test the oracle in unixodbc using isql. Create the dsn in
.odbc.ini and set the following variables
[dsn name]
Driver =
Username =
Password =
Servername=
TraceFile=
Trace=1
Test Oracle12c using isql
isql dsn_name username password -v