Running the rootpre.sh Script

Run the rootpre.sh script only the first time you install Oracle Database on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).

Note:

You do not have to run the rootpre.sh script on an IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) server that has an Oracle Database software already installed.

Use the following procedure to run the rootpre.sh script:

1. Switch the user to root:

   $ su - root
   password:
   #

2. Complete one of the following steps, depending on the location of the installation files:
   1. If the installation files are on a disc, enter a command similar to the following,

      # /directory_path/rootpre/rootpre.sh 

      directory_path is the disc mount point directory or the path of the db directory:
   2. If the installation files are on the hard disk, change the directory to the location where rootpre.sh exists and enter the following command:

      # ./rootpre.sh

3. Exit from the root account:

   # exit