Preface

This guide provides instructions about installing and configuring Oracle Database Client on Linux. This guide also talks about installing and configuring database using response files, globalization support, ports, and troubleshooting.

The preface contains the following topics:

Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing Oracle Database Client 12c Release 1 (12.1). Additional installation guides for Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Database Examples, and Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control are available on Oracle Technology Network at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documentation

The related documentation for Oracle Database products includes the following manuals:

For information about Oracle error messages, see Oracle Database Error Messages Reference. Oracle error message documentation is available only in HTML. If you have access to the Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) Online Documentation Library, then you can browse the error messages by range. Once you find the specific range, use your browser's "find in page" feature to locate the specific message. When connected to the Internet, you can search for a specific error message using the error message search feature of the Oracle online documentation.

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other collateral, visit Oracle Technology Network. You must register online before using Oracle Technology Network; registration is free and can be done at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/join/overview/index.html

If you have a user name and password for Oracle Technology Network, then you can go directly to the documentation section of Oracle Technology Network website at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

See Oracle Database Release Notes for Linux for important information that was not available when this book was released. The release notes for Oracle Database is updated regularly. The most recent version is available on Oracle Technology Network at:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
`monospace`	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.