At last I’ve found time to create a Step by Step instruction on installing Oracle 10gR2 on Oracle Solaris 10. If you follow this instruction, you’ll successfully install Oracle on Solaris. If you get any error, do not hesitate to contact me

So, let’s begin. As a first step, download Oracle 10gR2 and Oracle Solaris , create a virtual machine using my previous instruction,  but don’t forget to select “Solaris 10” on “Operating System types”.

Next, unzip downloaded Solaris zip file, mount .iso file and start the virtual machine. You should get the following screen:

Press Enter

In the above screen type “1” and press Enter

Select appropriate keyboard layout and press F2

If you see the above screen, the click on the opened window and press Enter

Select the language and press Enter

Click Next

Selet the Network Connectivity and click Next

Provide the name of the host and click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Select your country and click Next

Provide correct date and time and click Next

Provide a password for the root user and click Next

Select No and click Next

Press Confirm to proceed the installation

Click Next

Click Next

Select CD/DVD and click Next

Select Accept and click Next

Select Default Installation and click Next

Click Install Now to start the installation

After installation completed, you get the following screen. Click on Continue and Next

Click on Continue and Reboot Now button

After reboot you get the following screen. Press Enter

Wow. Oracle Solaris welcome screen! Login with the root user and the password that you’ve provided during the installation and login to the system

Here’s the Oracle Solaris desktop

Now open new Terminal and check size of RAM, swap space and /tmp directory

Now check whether you’ve installed all packages that are required for Oracle installation

pkginfo -i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWlibms SUNWsprot SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt

As you see from the output, you’re missing two packages. So install it using pkgadd command and check the packages again:

Ok, now you need to create a group and a user:

groupadd oinstall

groupadd dba

useradd -d /export/home/oracle -g dba -G oinstall -m -s /bin/ksh oracle

passwd -r files oracle

Now change the profile of the “oracle” user and set environemnt variables:

gedit /export/home/oracle/.profile

export ORACLE_BASE=/export/home/oracle

export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

export ORACLE_SID=solaris

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Next, change kernel parameters by editing /etc/system file as follows:

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100

set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10

set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024

set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=256

set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100

set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767

 set noexec_user_stack=1

Restart the virtual machine, login with oracle user and add 1g of swap space (with root user)

Create a directory for Oracle installation :

mkdir –p /export/home/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

Then copy Oracle installation to /export/home/oracle folder, unzip it, switch to unzipped directory called database and start the installed with ./runInstaller command:

Uncheck “Create Starter Database” option and click Next

Click Next

The installer checks all pre-requsit configurations and should Succeed. If so, click Next

Click Install button to start the installation

Please don’t press “Stop Installation” button

When the installation completes, you’ll be asked to run the following shell scripts with root user.

Login with root user from the new terminal and run them

The installation completed! Congratulations!

Now let’s create a database. Open new terminal and run dbca (Database Configuration Assistant) command to create a database

Click Next

Select “Create a database” and click Next (Don’t select “Delete a Database”, ups.. you can’t even select it  )

Select “General Purpose” and click Next

Provide a database name and click Next

Click Next

Provide a password for SYS user and click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

If you want to install sample schemas, then select this option and click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Finish and start the database creation

The database creation process has started

You got the message that the database has successfully created. Let’s check it!

Wooou!!!! Congratulations again!! At the end, you’ve successfully installed Oracle Solaris, Oracle Database on Solaris and created a database! That’s great!

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