Basics of the Image Packaging System (IPS) on Oracle Solaris 11
Oracle Solaris 11 supplies software packages from this repository: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release. You can install new software packages from this repository, search for package content, or...
View ArticleDemo: How to Prepare the Oracle Database Appliance for Deployment
Visual walk-through that demonstrates how to cable up, power on, connect the appliance to the network, configure the network connection, download the end-user software bundle from MOS, obtain a core...
View ArticleBlog: What Did I Just Install?
How to use the pkg list, pkg info, and pkginfo commands to list Oracle Solaris 11 packages you installed, and get information about them (either IPS or SVR4).
View ArticleHow to Set Up Automated Installation Services for Oracle Solaris 11
Four steps. Use the command-line to set up a an Oracle Solaris 11 system to act as an Automated Installer server. Create an installation service that will be automatically installed on clients. Test...
View ArticleTech Article: How to Create a Local Yum Repository for Oracle Linux
How to create a local yum repository for Oracle Linux, and configure up2date and yum to install and update packages from the repositories. By Jared Greenwald.
View ArticleTech Article: Basic Operations of the Automated Installer in Oracle Solaris 11
Ginny Henningsen summarizes how to create an installation service, an installation manifest, and perform other basic operations with the Automated Installer in Oracle Solaris 11.
View ArticleTech Article: How I Simplified Oracle Database 11g Installation on Oracle...
An RPM package available in Oracle Linux 6 automatically downloads and installs software packages required to install Oracle Database 11g on Oracle Linux 6. It also resolves package dependencies and...
View ArticleBlog: pkg fix in Oracle Solaris 11 Is My New Best Friend
Bob Netherton screwed up his Solaris 11 system so badly that the Automated Installer (AI) was no longer usable. In this blog post he explains how he used the pkg fix utility to discover what he did...
View ArticleBlog: How to Install Oracle Linux From a USB Stick
Robert Chase walks you through the steps required to install Oracle Linux from a USB stick. Includes the script you need to create the key for the USB drive.
View ArticleTech Article: Exploring Installation Options and User Roles in Oracle Solaris 11
Oracle ACE Alexandre Borges walks through the installation options and user roles in Oracle Solaris 11. Part One of his familiarization story with Oracle Solaris 11.
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