Installing GC 10.2.0.3 on OEL 5

Question

I am trying to build a OEL box to support Oracle Grid Control; am comfortable as a *nix (HP-UX, Solaris, AIX) user but have never admin'd it, and this is my first time with Linux.
After some initial spinning of wheels and chasing multiple technet and ML docs, I downloaded OEL Rel 5 Updt 4 (x86-64) and GC 10.2.0.3.
I have installed OEL Rel 5 Updt 4 (x86-64) and working through the prereqs for the GC install. First pass identified several required packages that weren't installed. Opened a thread in the Linux forum and also found another thread a few days older than mine with exactly the same problem. The only solution provided there was to install GC 10.2.0.5.
This appears to be a chicken or egg situation:
1) Problem: Can't install 10.2.0.3 because it requires packages not available on the OS
2) Solution: Install GC 10.2.0.5
3) Problem: 10.2.0.5 appears to be only available as a patch to 10.2.0.3
4) Solution: Install 10.2.0.3, then apply patch
5) go to 1)
So how do we get there from here?

Answer 1

I'd suggest that you:
- concentrate on RPM requirements for 10.2.0.5 according to the Metalink docs and release notes;
- reconcile these requirements to one comprehensive list;
- pay close attention to RPMs listed as also requiring 32-bit versions (this was the case for me with libXtst RPM);
- run 10.2.0.3 installer with ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs;
- work through whatever missing RPMs you discover during the install;
- upgrade to 10.2.0.5 with the regular ./runInstaller;
I used this approach to install 10.2.0.5 with existing 10.2.0.4 database on RHEL 5.3 64-bit.
- Slava Zayarny