Is Oracle Database 19c supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8?

Solution Verified - Updated 14 Jun 2024

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
Oracle Database 19c

Issue

Is Oracle Database 19c supported on RHEL 8?
How to install Oracle Database 19c on RHEL 8?
Is Oracle Database 19c compatible with RHEL 8?

Resolution

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RHEL 8 is listed on the official Oracle Database documentation at Content from docs.oracle.com is not included.Oracle Database 19c - Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Distributions for x86-64 as a supported operating system.
To install Oracle Database 19c on RHEL 8, refer to the official Oracle documentation: Content from docs.oracle.com is not included.Database Installation Guide for Linux.
For questions on kmod-oracleasm being provided in RHEL8, please see Will the kmod-orcleasm packages be shipped with RHEL 8?
For questions of ASMLib support in RHEL6 and RHEL7, please see Oracle ASMLib Availability and Support.

Note

There is a Content from docs.oracle.com is not included.known issue with Oracle 19C on RHEL 8 where it fails a check for compat-libcap1

Bug 29772579
compat-libcap1-1.10 package missing error during single-instance Oracle Database and Oracle Database Client installations on Oracle Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Workaround:

In the Perform Prerequisite Checks screen, for the compat-libcap1-1.10 missing check, select Ignore All, and click Install to continue with the installation.
Note:Ensure that you fix all other checks and issues that are listed in the screen.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Components

installation

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