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Oraclelinux Playground

Oracle Linux is a RHEL-compatible Linux distribution that is optimized for Oracle applications..

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Welcome to the Oracle Linux Playground!

Oracle Linux 9 — freely available, RHEL-compatible, with Oracle’s Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) and native OCI integration.

Tip: Enable Oracle EPEL for extra packages: dnf install -y oracle-epel-release-el9

What’s Pre-installed

Shell: Bash, GNU coreutils
Package manager: dnf
Repos: Oracle Linux BaseOS and AppStream

Quick Start

uname -a
cat /etc/oracle-release
dnf install -y oracle-epel-release-el9
dnf install -y vim curl wget git

Common Workflows

# Oracle-specific EPEL and extra repos
dnf install -y oracle-epel-release-el9
dnf config-manager --set-enabled ol9_developer

# RPM operations
dnf search <name>
dnf install -y <package>
rpm -qa | grep <name>

# Module streams
dnf module list
dnf module enable nodejs:20
dnf install -y nodejs

Advanced Tips

# Compare with RHEL behaviour
cat /etc/redhat-release

# Check UEK kernel
uname -r   # will show uek in name

# Oracle Cloud agent tools (when running in OCI)
# oracle-cloud-agent is pre-installed in OCI instances

Session Notes

Session lasts 1 hour.
Binary-compatible with RHEL 9 — all RHEL 9 RPMs and tutorials work identically.