The following are the steps I used to install Oracle 12c on Red Hat 6 Download the Software from Technet The 2 zip files needed are linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip & linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip OS Settings Ensure the Hostname is in /etc/hosts [root@dba05tst stage]# cat /etc/hosts |grep dba05tst 172.23.11.222 dba05tst Disable the Firewall Settings [root@dba05tst stage]# service iptables save iptables: […]