Oracle 19c on RHEL 9: runInstaller exits instantly with no logs
Oracle 19c on RHEL 9: runInstaller exits instantly with no logs A silent failure that looks like “nothing happens” — caused by mount options preventing execution of installer components. Read time: ~5 minutes Tags: Oracle, 19c, RHEL9, Linux, Patching, RU, Troubleshooting TL;DR If runInstaller returns immediately to the prompt (GUI or silent), with no meaningful logs, check whether /tmp and/or /dev/shm are mounted with noexec . Remove noexec (temporarily or permanently), remount, and rerun the installer. Context I needed to install Oracle Database 19c on RHEL 9. The request was to deploy it across four servers: two VMs and two Azure instances. Since the base Oracle 19c binaries are 19.3 , and RHEL 9 support requires a newer RU (for my case, at least 19.19 ), I planned ...
