01 Create Oracle Client

REDFERN has been created as a client machine.

Download Client Files

The 11.1.0.6 Client for Linux is downloaded from OTN.

Create an oracle User

A user called oracle is created with primary group of oinstall.

Unzip the Client Files

Used the following commands to extract the client files into the home directory of the oracle user:

cd /mnt/hgfs/Downloads unzip linux_x86_11gR1_client.zip -d ~

Install the Client

Install the Linux Oracle Client as follows:

cd ~/client ./runInstaller

The Oracle Base is /home/oracle/app/oracle.