Supported Oracle Linux 6 Distributions for x86-64

Use the following information to check supported Oracle Linux 6 distributions:

Table 4-3 x86-64 Oracle Linux 6 Minimum Operating System Requirements

Item	Requirements
SSH Requirement	Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.
Oracle Linux 6	Subscribe to the Oracle Linux 6 channel on the Unbreakable Linux Network, or configure a yum repository from the Oracle Linux yum server website, and then install the Oracle Preinstallation RPM. This RPM installs all required kernel packages for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database installations, and performs other system configuration. Supported distributions: Oracle Linux 6.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 2: 2.6.39-400.211.1.el6uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 6.6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 3: 3.8.13-44.1.1.el6uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 6.8 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4: 4.1.12-37.6.2.el6uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 6.4 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 or later
Packages for Oracle Linux 6	The following packages (or later versions) must be installed: bc binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.36.el6 (x86_64) compat-libcap1-1.10-1 (x86_64) compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (x86_64) compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (i686) e2fsprogs-1.41.12-14.el6 (x86_64) e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.12-14.el6 (x86_64) glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686) glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64) glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64) glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686) ksh libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686) libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64) libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64) libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686) libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64) libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686) libaio-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64) libaio-0.3.107-10.el6 (i686) libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64) libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6 (i686) libXtst-1.0.99.2 (x86_64) libXtst-1.0.99.2 (i686) libX11-1.5.0-4.el6 (i686) libX11-1.5.0-4.el6 (x86_64) libXau-1.0.6-4.el6 (i686) libXau-1.0.6-4.el6 (x86_64) libxcb-1.8.1-1.el6 (i686) libxcb-1.8.1-1.el6 (x86_64) libXi-1.3 (x86_64) libXi-1.3 (i686) libXrender (i686) libXrender (x86_64) libXrender-devel (i686) libXrender-devel (x86_64) make-3.81-19.el6 net-tools-1.60-110.el6_2.x86_64 (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware) nfs-utils-1.2.3-15.0.1 (for Oracle ACFS) sysstat-9.0.4-11.el6 (x86_64) smartmontools-5.43-1.el6.x86_64