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 Problem: [oracle@linux5 database]$ . runInstaller bash: /bin/install/.oui: No such file or directory [oracle@linux5 database]$ uname -a Linux linux5 3.8.13-16.2.1.el6uek.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 7 17:01:44 PST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Solution: [oracle@linux5 database]$ ./runInstaller Starting Oracle Universal Installer... Checking Temp space: must be greater than 120 MB.   Actual 20461 MB    Passed Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.   Actual 4031 MB    Passed Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.    Actual 16777216    Passed Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2016-11-22_09-46-02AM. Please wait ...[oracle@linux5 database]$

Assumptions : You have a some flavor of Linux operating system installed (I have used centos 6 in this example). If you cant afford a separate machine you can use Virtual box or stemware software to visualize your desktop or laptop. Assuming that you have downloaded oracle 12 software onto linux machine. If not you can download from this link   Software-Download You have full/required privileges on you Linux host. Oracle Installation Prerequisites In order to perform the installtion of oracle 12c software on Linux box you need to perform some pre-reqs, which can be done automatically or through manual updates.Please follow below instructions. Automatic Setup If you plan to use the "oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall" package to perform all your prerequisite setup, issue the following command. #   yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall -y It will be a good option to to do an update. # yum update ******...

prvf-0002 : could not retrieve local node name PRVF-0002 : could not retrieve local node name check if the hostname is correct in sysconfig/network & /etc/hosts files: [oracle@Linux03 ~] $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network | grep HOSTNAME HOSTNAME=Linux03 [oracle@Linux03 ~] $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 [oracle@Linux03 ~] $ vi /etc/hosts [oracle@Linux03 ~] $ su root Password: [root@Linux03 oracle] # vi /etc/hosts [root@Linux03 oracle] # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 10.215.xxx.xx Linux03   <<<--- added hostname and ip An alternate solution is to add the hostname in bash_profile file in home dir: [oracle@Linux03 ~] $ cat .bash_profile | gre...