Install Oracle 12c on Ubuntu

Install Oracle 12c on Ubuntu

Ubuntu like systems are not in the list of Oracle 12c Database Supported OS, so you should be careful and use it at most for Development and not as Production Database Server

In this post we will be installing Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.2.0) – Enterprise Edition on Ubuntu 15.04 64 bit Operating System. If you are unsure about your system architecture check How to find Operating System bit in Linux.

Following is the summarized steps of How to Install Oracle 12c on Ubuntu 15.04

1. Oracle Installation Prerequisites
2. Install Oracle 12c on Ubuntu
3. Post Installation

If you want to install Oracle 12C on Ubuntu 13.10 then follow How to Install Oracle 12C Enterprise Edition Database Ubuntu 13.10

If you want to install Oracle 11G R2 Express edition on Ubuntu follow Step By Step Guide to Install Oracle Database Express Edition 11GR2 On Ubuntu 12.10 / 12.04 / 11.10

If you want to install Oracle 11G R2 on Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04 follow How to Install Oracle 11G R2 Enterprise Edition Database Ubuntu 12.10 / 12.04

If you want to install Oracle 11G R2 on Ubuntu 11.04 follow Oracle Database 11g R2 on Ubuntu 11.04

Detailed Step by Step of How to Install Oracle 12c on Ubuntu 15.04

1. Oracle Installation Prerequisites
   Host file modification
   The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.

   IP-address fully-qualified-machine-name machine-name

   Following is the example of my machine