Introduction

Here are a few issues you can run across if you attempt to install Oracle 19c on Red Hat Linux 8.

Issues

No python

python -V
-bash: python: command not found

solution:

yum -y install python3
alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3

No xorg-x11-apps available

# yum install xorg-x11-apps
No match for argument: xorg-x11-apps

Solution:

Subscribe to Red Hat

.vimrc not read

When you startup vim, the settings in your .vimrc does not get read.

Solution:

mv .vimrc .virc

libnsl misssing

/u01/app/19.0.0/grid/perl/bin/perl: error while loading shared libraries: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Solution:

yum -y install libnsl

strings missing

strings < /dev/null

-bash: /usr/bin/strings: No such file or directory

solution

yum -y install binutils

make missing

# make
-bash: make: command not found

Solution: install make

# yum install make

Fail supported OS check

grid install

./gridSetup.sh

[WARNING] [INS-08101] Unexpected error while executing the action at state: ‘supportedOSCheck’

database install

strace shows that the underlying command was:

/bin/rpm -q --whatprovides --qf %{V} redhat-release

Return:

8.0

Red Hat 8.0 is not supported. If you click “yes”, OUI does not proceed. It just waits at a blank screen until you exit.

Stopping here.

Conclusion

Red Hat 8 was released May 7, 2019. Oracle Grid 19c was developed and tested prior to 2019 and before Red Hat 8 was available. The Oracle 19c Grid installation manual does not mention Red Hat 8 as an allowable operating system. One should expect that Oracle Grid 19c Installation on Red Hat 8 will be troublesome and not supportable.