Supported Oracle Linux 7 Distributions for x86-64

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

Table 3-3 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	Minimum supported versions: Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4: 4.1.12-124.53.1.el7uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 7.6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5: 4.14.35-2025.404.1.el7uek.x86_64 or later Note: Oracle recommends that you use update Oracle Linux to the latest available version and release level.
Packages for 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 Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-database-preinstall-21c. The Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-database-preinstall-21c, automatically installs all required packages listed in the table below, their dependencies for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database installations, and also performs other system configuration. If you install the Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-database-preinstall-21c, then you do not have to install these packages, as the Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM automatically installs them. bc binutils elfutils-libelf glibc glibc-devel ksh libaio libXrender libX11 libXau libXi libXtst libgcc libstdc++ libxcb make policycoreutils policycoreutils-python smartmontools sysstat Note: If you intend to use 32-bit client applications to access 64-bit servers, then you must also install (where available) the latest 32-bit versions of the packages listed in this table.
Optional Packages for Oracle Linux 7	Based on your requirement, install the latest released versions of the following packages: ipmiutil (for Intelligent  Platform Management Interface) libvirt-libs (for KVM) net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware) nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)
KVM virtualization	Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM), also known as KVM virtualization, is certified on Oracle Database 21c for all supported Oracle Linux 7 distributions. For more information on supported virtualization technologies for Oracle Database, refer to the virtualization matrix: https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/virtualization-matrix.html