Supported Oracle Linux 9 Distributions on Linux for x86-64

Use this information to check supported Oracle Linux 9 distributions for Oracle Instant Client on x86-64.

Table 6-3 x86-64 Oracle Linux 9 Minimum Operating System Requirements for Oracle Instant Client

Item	Requirements
Oracle Linux 9	Starting with Oracle AI Database 26ai Release Update 23.26.1, the Linux x86-64 operating system is supported on Oracle Instant Client with the following minimum supported version: Oracle Linux 9.6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8: 6.12.0-1.23.3.2.el9uek.x86_64 or later Note: Oracle recommends that you update Oracle Linux to the latest available version and release level.
Packages for Oracle Linux 9	Install the latest released versions of the following packages: Subscribe to the Oracle Linux 9 channel on the Unbreakable Linux Network, or configure a yum repository from the Oracle Linux yum server website, and then install the Oracle AI Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-ai-database-preinstall-26ai. The Oracle AI Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-ai-database-preinstall-26ai, automatically installs all required packages listed in the table below, their dependencies for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle AI Database installations, and also performs other system configuration. If you install the Oracle AI Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-ai-database-preinstall-26ai, then you do not have to install these packages, as the Oracle AI Database Preinstallation RPM automatically installs them. bc binutils compat-openssl11 elfutils-libelf fontconfig glibc glibc-devel glibc-headers ksh libaio libasan libcgroup-original libgcc libibverbs liblsan libnsl libnsl2 libnsl2-devel libstdc++ libvirt-libs libX11 libXau libXi libXrender libXtst libxcb libxcrypt-compat make policycoreutils policycoreutils-python-utils smartmontools sysstat