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Preface

Audience

Documentation Accessibility

Terminology

Typographic Conventions

Command Syntax

Accessing Documentation

Related Documentation

1 Installation Overview

Installation Overview

Installation Process

Products Available in the Oracle Database 10g Products Installation Type

Oracle Database Examples

Required Products

JPublisher

Natively Compiled Java Libraries

Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases

Products Available in the Oracle Database 10g Companion Products Installation Type

Oracle HTTP Server

Differences Between this Release and Other Oracle HTTP Server Releases

Where to Install Oracle HTTP Server

Oracle HTML DB

2 Pre-installation Tasks for Installations in an Existing Oracle Home

Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle Database 10g Products

Check the Oracle Database 10g Installation

Identify the Oracle Database 10g Oracle Home Directories

Check Disk Space Requirements

Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

Identify an Appropriate Oracle HTTP Server Installation

Check Disk Space Requirements

Check the Oracle Database Installation

Check for Oracle XML DB

Identify Database Information

3 Pre-installation Tasks for Installations in a New Oracle Home

Installation Considerations

Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTTP Server

Log in to the System as root

Check the Hardware Requirements

Create Required UNIX Group and User

Creating the Oracle Inventory Group

Creating the Oracle Software Owner User

Identify Required Software Directories

Identify or Create an Oracle Base Directory

Configure the oracle User's Environment

Pre-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

Check the Oracle Database Installation

Check for Oracle XML DB

Identify Database Information

4 Installing the Software

Introduction

Installing Oracle Database 10g Products

Installing Oracle HTML DB in an Existing Oracle Home

Installing Oracle Database 10g Companion Products in a New Oracle Home

5 Post-installation Tasks

Post-installation Tasks for Oracle HTTP Server

Back Up the root.sh Script

Download and Install Patches

Migrating From a Previous Release of Oracle HTTP Server

Migrate the httpd.conf File

Migrate Database Access Descriptors Used by mod_plsql

Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Oracle HTTP Server

Post-installation Tasks for Oracle HTML DB

Restart Oracle HTTP Server

Verify the Installation

6 Removing Oracle Software

Removing Oracle Software Files

Removing Oracle HTML DB Database Objects

A Mounting Discs

Mounting Discs on Linux x86-64

B Troubleshooting

Verify Requirements

X Windows Display Errors

What to Do If an Installation Error Occurs

Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session

Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants

Configuration Assistant Failure

Fatal Errors

Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation

Alias for the HTML DB Image Directory

Index