Start the Oracle Database Software Installer

1. Log in as the oracle user with the -Y flag.

   ssh -Y oracle@vm

2. Navigate to the following directory:

   cd /home/oracle/app/oracle

3. Unzip the Oracle database software installer.

   Note:

   If necessary, install unzip with the command yum install unzip.

   unzip linuxx64_12201_database.zip

4. Navigate to the following directory:

   cd /home/oracle/app/oracle/database/

5. Run the Oracle database software installer.

   ./runInstaller 
   

6. Every time that you run the Oracle Installer, it displays a warning message about insufficient swap space. Type y to ignore this message and continue the installation.

   [oracle@myserver database]$ ./runInstaller
   
   Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
   
   Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 309103 MB    Passed
   Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 7799 MB    Passed
   Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual 1 6777216    Passed
   Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2018-03-28_01-28-12PM. Please wait ...