Supported Oracle Linux 7 Distributions for x86-64

Use the following information to check supported Oracle Linux 7 distributions:

Table 4-1 x86-64 Oracle Linux 7 Minimum Operating System Requirements

Item Requirements

SSH Requirement

Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.

Oracle Linux 7

Subscribe to the Oracle Linux 7 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 7.5 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5: 4.14.35-1818.5.3.el7uek.x86_64 or later

  • Oracle Linux 7.2 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4: 4.1.12-32.2.3.el7uek.x86_64 or later

  • Oracle Linux 7 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 3: 3.8.13-35.3.1.el7uek.x86_64 or later

  • Oracle Linux 7 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 or later

Packages for Oracle Linux 7 with UEK3

The following packages (or later versions) must be installed:

bc
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-12.el7.x86_64
compat-libcap1-1.10-3.el7.x86_64
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.i686
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.x86_64
fontconfig-devel-2.10.95-7.el7.x86_64
ksh
libX11-1.6.0-2.1.el7.i686
libX11-1.6.0-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.i686
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXi-1.7.2-1.el7.i686
libXi-1.7.2-1.el7.x86_64
libXtst-1.2.2-1.el7.i686
libXtst-1.2.2-1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libgcc-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libgcc-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libstdc++-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libxcb-1.9-5.el7.i686
libxcb-1.9-5.el7.x86_64
make-3.82-19.el7.x86_64 make-3.82-19.el7.x86_64
net-tools-2.0-0.17.20131004git.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.21.el7.x86_64
python-2.7.5-34.0.1.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell-1.1.fb18-1.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib-2.1.fb57-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six-1.9.0-2.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
smartmontools-6.2-4.el7.x86_64
sysstat-10.1.5-1.el7.x86_64
targetcli-2.1.fb41-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)

Packages for Oracle Linux 7.2 with UEK 4

The following packages (or later versions) must be installed:

bc    
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-55.el7.x86_64
compat-libcap1-1.10-3.el7.x86_64
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.i686
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.x86_64
elfutils-libelf-0.163-3.el7.i686
elfutils-libelf-0.163-3.el7.x86_64
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.163-3.el7.i686
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.163-3.el7.x86_64
fontconfig-devel-2.10.95-7.el7.x86_64
glibc-2.17-106.0.1.el7_2.6.i686
glibc-2.17-106.0.1.el7_2.6.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.17-106.0.1.el7_2.6.i686
glibc-devel-2.17-106.0.1.el7_2.6.x86_64
ksh
libaio-0.3.109-13.el7.i686
libaio-0.3.109-13.el7.x86_64
libaio-devel-0.3.109-13.el7.i686
libaio-devel-0.3.109-13.el7.x86_64
libX11-1.6.3-2.el7.i686
libX11-1.6.3-2.el7.x86_64
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.i686
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXi-1.7.4-2.el7.i686
libXi-1.7.4-2.el7.x86_64
libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.el7.i686
libXtst-1.2.2-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libgcc-4.8.5-4.el7.i686
libgcc-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64
librdmacm-devel-1.0.21-1.el7.i686
librdmacm-devel-1.0.21-1.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-4.8.5-4.el7.i686
libstdc++-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-devel-4.8.5-4.el7.i686
libstdc++-devel-4.8.5-4.el7.x86_64
libxcb-1.11-4.el7.i686
libxcb-1.11-4.el7.x86_64
make-3.82-21.el7.x86_64
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.21.el7.x86_64 (for Oracle ACFS)
net-tools-2.0-0.17.20131004git.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
python-2.7.5-34.0.1.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell-1.1.fb18-1.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib-2.1.fb57-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six-1.9.0-2.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
smartmontools-6.2-4.el7.x86_64
sysstat-10.1.5-7.el7.x86_64
targetcli-2.1.fb41-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)

Packages for Oracle Linux 7.5 with UEK 5

Install the latest released versions of the following packages:

bc    
binutils
compat-libcap1
compat-libstdc++
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel
fontconfig-devel
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libaio-devel
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXtst
libXrender-devel
libXrender
libgcc
librdmacm-devel
libstdc++
libstdc++-devel
libxcb
make
nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)
net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
python (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
smartmontools
sysstat
targetcli (for Oracle ACFS Remote)

Note:

If you intend to use 32-bit client applications to access 64-bit servers, then you must also install the latest 32-bit versions of the packages listed in this table.

Packages for Oracle Linux 7 with Red Hat Compatible kernel

The following packages (or later versions) must be installed:

bc
binutils-2.23.52.0.1-12.el7.x86_64
compat-libcap1-1.10-3.el7.x86_64
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.i686
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-71.el7.x86_64
glibc-2.17-36.el7.i686
glibc-2.17-36.el7.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.17-36.el7.i686
glibc-devel-2.17-36.el7.x86_64
ksh
libaio-0.3.109-9.el7.i686
libaio-0.3.109-9.el7.x86_64
libaio-devel-0.3.109-9.el7.i686
libaio-devel-0.3.109-9.el7.x86_64
libX11-1.6.0-2.1.el7.i686
libX11-1.6.0-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.i686
libXau-1.0.8-2.1.el7.x86_64
libXi-1.7.2-1.el7.i686
libXi-1.7.2-1.el7.x86_64
libXtst-1.2.2-1.el7.i686
libXtst-1.2.2-1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-devel-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.i686
libXrender-0.9.10-1.el7.x86_64
libgcc-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libgcc-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libstdc++-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-3.el7.i686
libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-3.el7.x86_64
libxcb-1.9-5.el7.i686
libxcb-1.9-5.el7.x86_64
make-3.82-19.el7.x86_64 make-3.82-19.el7.x86_64
nfs-utils-1.3.0-0.21.el7.x86_64 (for Oracle ACFS)
net-tools-2.0-0.17.20131004git.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
python-2.7.5-34.0.1.el7 (x86_64) (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell-1.1.fb18-1.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib-2.1.fb57-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six-1.9.0-2.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
smartmontools-6.2-4.el7.x86_64
sysstat-10.1.5-1.el7.x86_64
targetcli-2.1.fb41-3.el7.noarch (for Oracle ACFS Remote)