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18c Express Edition requires a minimum of 1GB of physical memory

jhasanoffNov 18 2018 — edited Nov 18 2018

Hello.

I tried to install 18c on Amazon aws with free tier which have 1GB limited memory available for usage. During installation I got following error:

I want to know is there a way to bypass prerequisite checks as with EE.

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]# cat /etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.6 (Maipo)

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]#

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]# rpm -qa | grep preinstall

oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]#

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]# yum -y localinstall oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Loaded plugins: amazon-id, rhui-lb, search-disabled-repos

Examining oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64

Marking oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm to be installed

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package oracle-database-xe-18c.x86_64 0:1.0-1 will be installed

--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

======================================================================================================================================

Package                             Arch                Version              Repository                                         Size

======================================================================================================================================

Installing:

oracle-database-xe-18c              x86_64              1.0-1                /oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64              5.2 G

Transaction Summary

======================================================================================================================================

Install  1 Package

Total size: 5.2 G

Installed size: 5.2 G

Downloading packages:

Running transaction check

Running transaction test

Transaction test succeeded

Running transaction

[SEVERE] Oracle Database 18c Express Edition requires a minimum of 1GB of physical

memory (RAM).  This system has 990 MB of RAM and does not meet minimum

requirements.

error: %pre(oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64

  Verifying  : oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64                                                                                1/1

Failed:

  oracle-database-xe-18c.x86_64 0:1.0-1                                                                                              

Complete!

[root@ip-172-31-30-20 tmp]#

This post has been answered by Andris Perkons-Oracle on Nov 18 2018
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