Installing and Configuring Oracle Database 10g on the Solaris Platform

Login as root and create te user oracle which belongs to dba group.
su -
# groupadd dba
# useradd -G dba -m -d /export/home/oracle -s /usr/bin/bash oracle
Note: "#" sign means that you need execute this command as root user.
2. Setting System parameters
Edit the /etc/system and add following line:
set noexec_user_stack=1
Note: Since Solaris 10 shared memory settings for Oracle in /etc/system is obsolete.

Execute following commands to configure system settings for Oracle.
# projadd -U oracle -K "project.max-shm-memory=(priv,4g,deny)" user.oracle
# projmod -sK "project.max-sem-nsems=(priv,256,deny)" user.oracle
# projmod -sK "project.max-sem-ids=(priv,100,deny)" user.oracle
# projmod -sK "project.max-shm-ids=(priv,100,deny)" user.oracle
Note: Use "prctl -i project user.oracle" command to check the settings.

3. Enviroment settings
Edit the /export/home/oracle/.bash_profile file and add following lines:
ORACLE_BASE=/opt/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/102
ORACLE_SID=ORA10GR2
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH PATH
Note: This configuration assumes that user oracle is using Bash as default shell.

Save the .bash_profile and execute following commands for load new enviroment:
cd /export/home/oracle
. .bash_profile

4. Create base directory for Oracle

Login as root and create base directory for Oracle ($ORACLE_BASE).
su -
# cd /opt
# mkdir oracle
# chown oracle:dba oracle

Download & Install
1. Installation of required packages

Some additional packages are required for succesful instalation of Oracle software. To check whether required packages are installed on your operating system use following command:
pkginfo -i SUNWlibms SUNWtoo SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt SUNWxwplt SUNWmfrun SUNWxwplr SUNWxwdv SUNWgcc SUNWbtool SUNWi1of SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWsprot SUNWuiu8


Install the required packages using the pkgadd command:
# pkgadd -d . SUNWlibms SUNWtoo SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt SUNWxwplt SUNWmfrun SUNWxwplr SUNWxwdv SUNWgcc SUNWbtool \
SUNWi1of SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWsprot SUNWuiu8

3. Download the Oracle 10g (10.2.0.2) software from Oracle website.
Extract the files using following command:
unzip 10202_database_solx86.zip

4. Start the Oracle software installation process.

Now the system is prepared for Oracle software installation. To start the installation process execute the following commands:
cd database
./runInstaller