How to Install Oracle 12c R1 Database on Linux Mint 18.x LTS 64-bit Easy Guide | Users & Directories Set-Up

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Oracle 12c DB Installation on Mint 18.x
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1. Add Needed Oracle DB Groups and User

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

   groupadd -g 502 oinstall

   groupadd -g 503 dba

   groupadd -g 504 oper

   groupadd -g 505 asmadmin

   useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba,asmadmin,oper -s /bin/bash -m oracle

   passwd oracle

   Take Note of the oracle User Pass :)

2. Making the Target Directories

   mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/12/dbhome_1

   chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01

   chmod -R 775 /u01

3. Extracting the Oracle 12c Archive
   Double-Click or Right-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.

   
   Or From Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp linuxamd64_12c_database*.zip

4. Set DB Directory Permissions

   chown -R oracle:oinstall /tmp/database






5. Add Paths to oracle’s .bashrc.

   Login as Oracle

   su oracle

   Then Edit the .bashrc file

   nano ~/.bashrc

   Append:

   # Oracle Settings/nexport TMP=/tmp;/nexport TMPDIR=$TMP; /nexport ORACLE_HOSTNAME=[HOSTNAME]; /nexport ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle;/nexport ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/12/dbhome_1; /nexport ORACLE_SID=[DBSID]; /nexport ORACLE_UNQNAME=$ORACLE_SID;/nexport PATH=/usr/sbin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; /nexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib64; /nexport CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib;
   

   Replace [HOSTNAME] with IP and [DBSID] with SID Name
   
   In this Example Respectively:

   • HOSTNAME = 127.0.0.1

   • DBSID = SID

   Load New .bashrc Settings

   bash

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