Checking the Oracle Database Prerequisites Packages Configuration

Use this procedure to gather information about the Oracle Database prerequisites group package configuration.

1. To check if oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall is already installed:

   $ pkg list oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall
   

2. To check for the latest version of oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall:

   $ pkg list -n oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall
   

3. Before you install oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall:
   1. Use the -n option to check for errors:

      $ pkg install -nv oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall
      

      Note:

      Use the -n option to check for installation errors. If -n does not display any errors, then omit the -n option when you install oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall.
   2. If there are no errors, then log in as root, and install the group package:

      # pkg install oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall
      

4. To view the packages installed by oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall:

   $ pkg contents -ro type,fmri -t depend oracle-rdbms-server-12-1-preinstall
   

   A sample output of this command:

   TYPE FMRI
   group x11/diagnostic/x11-info-clients
   group x11/library/libxi
   group x11/library/libxtst
   group x11/session/xauth
   require compress/unzip
   require developer/assembler
   require developer/build/make