Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Distributions for x86-64

Use the following information to check supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 distributions:

Table 4-3 x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Minimum Operating System Requirements

Item Requirements

SSH Requirement

Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Minimum supported versions:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 or later

Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Install the latest released versions of the following packages:


bc
binutils
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel
fontconfig-devel
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libaio-devel
libXrender
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXtst
libgcc
libnsl
librdmacm
libstdc++
libstdc++-devel
libxcb
libibverbs
make
smartmontools
sysstat

Note:

If you intend to use 32-bit client applications to access 64-bit servers, then you must also install the latest 32-bit versions of the packages listed in this table.

Optional Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Based on your requirement, install the latest released versions of the following packages:


ipmiutil (for Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
libnsl2 (for Oracle Database Client only)
libnsl2-devel (for Oracle Database Client only)
net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)

Patches and Known Issues

  • For a list of latest Oracle Database Release Updates (RU) and Release Update Revisions (RUR) patches for Oracle Linux Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, visit My Oracle Support

  • For a list of known issues and open bugs for Oracle Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, read the Oracle Database Release Notes