Restrictions and Guidelines for RPM-Based Installations
Review these guidelines before you start your RPM-based Oracle Database installation.
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Patching Oracle Database software using RPMs is not supported. Please use the OPatch utility and follow the regular patching process to apply Oracle Database patches.
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An RPM-based Oracle Database installation is not available for Standard Edition 2.
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RPM-based database upgrades using
rpm -Uvh
is not supported. For Oracle Database upgrades, follow the regular upgrade process. -
An RPM-based installation supports the installation of multiple Oracle Database software versions into different Oracle homes on the same machine.
Parent topic: Installing Oracle Database Using RPM Packages