Supported Oracle Linux 8 Distributions for x86-64

Use the following information to check supported Oracle Linux 8 distributions:

Table 4-1 x86-64 Oracle Linux 8 Minimum Operating System Requirements

Item	Requirements
SSH Requirement	Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.
Oracle Linux 8	Minimum supported versions: Oracle Linux 8.2 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6: 5.4.17-2011.1.2.el8uek.x86_64 or later Oracle Linux 8.2 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel: 4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2.x86_64 or later Note: Oracle recommends that you update Oracle Linux to the latest available version and release level.
Packages for Oracle Linux 8	Subscribe to the Oracle Linux 8 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-server-12cR2-preinstall. The Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM, oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall, 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-server-12cR2-preinstall, then you do not have to install these packages, as the Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM automatically installs them. bc binutils compat-openssl10 elfutils-libelf glibc glibc-devel ksh libaio libXrender libX11 libXau libXi libXtst libgcc libnsl libstdc++ libxcb libibverbs make policycoreutils policycoreutils-python-utils 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 8	Based on your requirement, install the latest released versions of the following packages: ipmiutil (for Intelligent Platform Management Interface) libnsl2 (for Oracle Database Client only) libnsl2-devel (for Oracle Database Client only) net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware) nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)

Note:

• See Oracle Database Release Notes for Linux for information about installing Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) or Oracle RAC 12c Release 2 (12.2) on Oracle Linux 8.
• You cannot install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 2 (12.2) on Oracle Linux 8 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. For Oracle RAC installations, first install Oracle Grid Infrastructure release update (RU) 19.13 or later, and then install Oracle RAC 12c Release 2 (12.2). See Oracle Database Release Notes for Linux
• Oracle Database Client 12c Release 2 (12.2) supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions on Oracle Linux 8.2 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2.