Please complete the following steps to install Oracle8 on your Linux platform.

1)  Setup an OS user and group for Oracle8

            First create an OS group that will be the designated DB administrator group.  All users who belong to this group will be able to perform administrative tasks, such as starting or stopping the database.

                Next create an OS user who will be the owner of the Oracle8 distribution and whose primary group is the OS group just created.  You should run the installer as this user.

2)  Run the Installer* 

            Before running the installer, ensure that you have sufficient disk space in your system to hold the Oracle8 distribution as well as the database you intend to create.

                You probably already have the CD mounted on /cdrom if you followed the directions in the CD insert successfully.  Ensure that your current directory (.) is in your   PATH environment variable.  To run the installer, change to the /cdrom/orainst directory and start the install program as follows:

        $ cd /cdrom/orainst
        $ install

                Follow the instructions from the program and provide any necessary input.  A log of the installer will be saved in $ORACLE_HOME/orainst/install.log.  You can review this file after this stage of the installation is complete to ensure that it went smoothly.

                After running install, you will need to run the root.sh file as superuser in $ORACLE_HOME/orainst to complete the remaining installation tasks.

        $ su
        $ root.sh

                The install program will generate an environment file named .env in the $ORACLE_HOME directory.  This file should be executed before doing any Oracle work.  It will be a good idea to invoke this file from the .profile file for this user (as well as other users in the DB administrator group. 

        $ . .env        /* Bourne shell script to be sourced or added to .profile */
 
 

*  Note: This installer is not the production Oracle Installer.