Oracle Linux 9.1 is out. To get a basic system up and running, choose minimal install. Reboot after installation and then open a terminal.
sudo dnf install gnome-shell gnome-terminal gnome-tweaks nautilus bash-completion firefox oracle-epel-release-el9 |
This will install the basic Gnome Shell desktop and other required packages. Once all of this is done, run this command.
sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target |
Goodbye Oracle Linux 8!
https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-isos.html
Using the boot iso with the repository:
http://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/baseos/latest/x86_64
If there is a package missing that’s available in Fedora, here’s how to get it installed.
To start:
sudo dnf install rpm-build |
Set up the package build environment.
More details here:
https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SetupRpmBuildEnvironment
mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS} echo '%_topdir %(echo $HOME)/rpmbuild' > ~/.rpmmacros |
Add this to the top of the .rpmmacros file if you do not wish to have debug packages built:
%debug_package %{nil} |
Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 was branched from fedora 34, you may want to start with 34 source packages, but 37 would probably be ok in most cases.
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/34/Everything/source/tree/Packages/a/
or if you want to check for an updated source package:
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/updates/34/Everything/source/tree/Packages/a/
This guide will help set up a basic Oracle Linux 9.1 system easily. This is a good alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Download the DVD ISO of Oracle Linux 9.1.
https://yum.oracle.com/ISOS/OracleLinux/OL9/u1/x86_64/OracleLinux-R9-U1-x86_64-dvd.iso