Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for x86-64

Use the following information to check supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 distributions:

Table 4-6 x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 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 7

Minimum supported version:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 or later

Note:

Oracle Database 19c continues to be supported on Oracle Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, however, Oracle strongly recommends that you upgrade your operating system to Oracle Linux 8 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or later.

Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Install the latest released versions of the following packages:


bc
binutils
compat-libcap1
compat-libstdc++-33
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel
fontconfig-devel
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libaio-devel
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXtst
libXrender
libXrender-devel
libgcc
libstdc++
libstdc++-devel
libxcb
make
smartmontools
sysstat

Note:

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

Optional Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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


ipmiutil (for Intelligent Platform Management Interface)
net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)
python (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
targetcli (for Oracle ACFS Remote)

Parent topic: Operating System Requirements for x86-64 Linux Platforms