Oracle B32100-01 - Manual (Page 53)

Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation 3-1
3
Things You Should Know Before Starting the
Installation
This chapter contains the following topics:
■
Section 3.1, "Oracle Home Directory"
■
Section 3.2, "Can I Use Symbolic Links?"
■
Section 3.3, "First-Time Installation of Any Oracle Product"
■
Section 3.4, "Installing Additional Languages"
■
Section 3.5, "Oracle Application Server Instances and Instance Names"
■
Section 3.6, "The ias_admin User and Restrictions on its Password"
■
Section 3.7, "Comparing Installing Components against Configuring Components"
■
Section 3.8, "Where Does the Installer Write Files?"
■
Section 3.9, "Why Do I Need to be Able to Log In as Root at Certain Times During
Installation?"
■
Section 3.10, "Running root.sh During Installation"
■
Section 3.11, "Can I Modify Other Oracle Application Server Instances During
Installation?"
■
Section 3.12, "Connecting to Oracle Internet Directory Through SSL Connections"
■
Section 3.13, "Obtaining Software from Oracle E-Delivery"
■
Section 3.14, "Setting the Mount Point for the CD-ROM or DVD"
■
Section 3.15, "Starting the Oracle Universal Installer"
3.1 Oracle Home Directory
The directory in which you install Oracle Application Server is called the Oracle home.
During installation, you specify the full path to this directory and a name for this
Oracle home.
For example, you can install OracleAS Infrastructure in /opt/oracle/OraHome_
Infra
, and you can name it "Infra".
Names of Oracle homes must be 128 characters or fewer, and can contain only
alphanumeric characters and underscores.