Contents

Title and Copyright Information

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Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Terminology

Typographic Conventions

Command Syntax

Accessing Documentation

Related Documentation

Third Party Software Notices

1 Installation Overview

1.1 Installation Overview

1.1.1 Installation Process

1.2 Products Available in the Oracle Database 10g Products Installation Type

1.2.1 Oracle Database Examples

1.2.1.1 Required Products

1.2.2 JPublisher

1.2.3 Legato Single Server Version

1.2.4 Natively Compiled Java Libraries

1.2.5 Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases

1.3 Products Available in the Oracle Database 10g Companion Products Installation Type

1.3.1 Oracle HTTP Server

1.3.1.1 Differences Between this Release and Other Oracle HTTP Server Releases

1.3.1.2 Where to Install Oracle HTTP Server

1.3.2 Oracle HTML DB

1.3.2.1 Where to Install Oracle HTML DB

2 Pre-installation Tasks for Installations in an Existing Oracle Home

2.1 Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle Database 10g Products

2.1.1 Check the Oracle Database 10g Installation

2.1.2 Identify the Oracle Database 10g Oracle Home Directories

2.1.3 Check Disk Space Requirements

2.2 Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

2.2.1 Identify an Appropriate Oracle HTTP Server Installation

2.2.2 Check Disk Space Requirements

2.2.3 Check the Oracle Database Installation

2.2.4 Check for Oracle XML DB

2.2.5 Identify Database Information

3 Pre-installation Tasks for Installations in a New Oracle Home

3.1 Installation Considerations

3.2 Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTTP Server

3.2.1 Log in to the System as root

3.2.2 Check the Hardware Requirements

3.2.3 Check the Software Requirements

3.2.3.1 Checking the Software Requirements on AIX

3.2.3.2 Checking the Software Requirements on HP-UX

3.2.3.3 Checking the Software Requirements on Linux

3.2.3.4 Checking the Software Requirements on Solaris

3.2.3.5 Checking the Software Requirements on Tru64 UNIX

3.2.4 Create Required UNIX Group and User

3.2.5 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group

3.2.6 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User

3.2.7 Identify Required Software Directories

3.2.8 Identify or Create an Oracle Base Directory

3.2.9 Configure the oracle User’s Environment

3.3 Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

3.3.1 Check the Oracle Database Installation

3.3.2 Check for Oracle XML DB

3.3.3 Identify Database Information

4 Installing the Software

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Installing Oracle Database 10g Products

4.3 Installing Oracle HTML DB in an Existing Oracle Home

4.4 Installing Oracle Database 10g Companion Products in a New Oracle Home

5 Post-installation Tasks

5.1 Post-installation Tasks for Oracle HTTP Server

5.1.1 Back Up the root.sh Script

5.1.2 Download and Install Patches

5.1.3 Migrating From a Previous Release of Oracle HTTP Server

5.1.4 Migrate the httpd.conf File

5.1.5 Migrate Database Access Descriptors Used by mod_plsql

5.1.6 Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Oracle HTTP Server

5.2 Post-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

5.2.1 Restart Oracle HTTP Server

5.2.2 Verify the Installation

5.3 Post-installation Tasks for Legato Single Server Version

6 Removing Oracle Software

A Mounting Discs

A.1 Mounting Discs on AIX

A.2 Mounting Discs on HP-UX

A.3 Mounting Discs on Linux

A.4 Mounting Discs on Solaris

A.5 Mounting Discs on Tru64 UNIX

B Troubleshooting

B.1 Verify Requirements

B.2 X Windows Display Errors

B.3 What to Do If an Installation Error Occurs

B.4 Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session

B.5 Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants

B.5.1 Configuration Assistant Failure

B.5.2 Fatal Errors

B.6 Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation

B.7 Alias for the HTML DB Image Directory

Index