Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) Installation On Oracle Linux 5, Proxy Realm Information

This article describes the installation of Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) (64-bit) on Oracle Linux 5 (64-bit). The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap and secure Linux set to permissive. Oracle recommend a default server installation, but for these installations the following package groups installed:

    Desktop Environments > GNOME Desktop Environment
    Applications > Editors
    Applications > Graphical Internet
    Development > Development Libraries
    Development > Development Tools
    Servers > Server Configuration Tools
    Base System > Administration Tools
    Base System > Base
    Base System > System Tools
    Base System > X Window System

An example of this type of Linux installations can be seen here. Alternative installations may require more packages to be loaded, in addition to the ones listed below.

Proxy Realm Information

Starting with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) you can enter the Proxy Realm information when providing the details for downloading software updates. The proxy realm identifies the security database used for authentication. If you do not have a proxy realm, then you do not have to provide an entry for the Proxy Username, Proxy Password, and Proxy Realm fields. It is case-sensitive.