This paper is designed to help you get started with Oracle 10g on SUSE LINUX 9.3. This will help you to work on latest SUSE OS and latest Oracle Database 10g from Oracle. Oracle 10g is supported and certified only on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server (SLES) but occasionally for development and testing purposes you will prefer to have it up and running on your desktop for quick access. Instruction provided here will also work on SUSE LINUX 9.2.

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Installation steps

1. Install SUSE LINUX Operating System
   Follow the Installation instructions provided in the SUSE LINUX 9.3 installation manual. We will focus on Oracle related component and make sure you meet Oracle software space requirement. SUSE LINUX 9.3 with default packages along with "C/C++ Compiler and Tools" is sufficient for Oracle 10g R1 (10.1.0.3) install. Here is snap-shot from my system.
   Check whether C/C++ compiler is installed. "gcc --version" will show "gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 (SUSE LINUX)". If gcc is not installed, then use YaST setup tool to install "C/C++ Compiler and Tools".
2. Oracle Install prerequisites
   Refer to Oracle installation document for complete list of prerequisites. Novell/SUSE provides orarun packages to automate most of the Oracle preinstall task. orarun package is not included in SUSE LINUX 9.3 as this is for SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server.