How to download and install the latest version of OPatch
1. Log in to the mos site to download the latest version of the OPatch patch. Here, take the p6880880_102000_Linux-x86-64.zip patch as an example.
Https://updates.oracle.com/download/6880880.html
2. Upload the patch to the server and move the patch to the database software installation directory.
# mv p6880880_102000_Linux-x86-64.zip $ORACLE_HOME
3. Switch users to oracle users and go to $ORACLE_HOME to install the patch.
[oracle@server ~] $cd / home/oracle/orahome/
[oracle@server orahome] $mv OPatch OPatch.old
[oracle@server orahome] $unzip p6880880_102000_Linux-x86-64.zip
Archive: p6880880_102000_Linux-x86-64.zip
Creating: OPatch/
Creating: OPatch/ocm/
Extracting: OPatch/ocm/ocm.zip
Creating: OPatch/ocm/lib/
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/lib/osdt_jce.jar
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/lib/osdt_core3.jar
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/lib/emocmclnt-14.jar
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/lib/emocmutl.jar
Creating: OPatch/ocm/bin/
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/bin/emocmrsp
Inflating: OPatch/ocm/ocm_platforms.txt
Creating: OPatch/crs/
Creating: OPatch/crs/log/
Inflating: OPatch/crs/patch212.pl
Inflating: OPatch/crs/crsdelete.pm
Inflating: OPatch/crs/crspatch.pm
Inflating: OPatch/crs/s_crsconfig_defs
Inflating: OPatch/crs/crsconfig_lib.pm
Inflating: OPatch/crs/oracss.pm
Inflating: OPatch/crs/auto_patch.pl
Inflating: OPatch/crs/s_crsconfig_lib.pm
Inflating: OPatch/opatch
Creating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/
Creating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/
Inflating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/runtime_prereq.xml
Inflating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/opatch_prereq.xml
Inflating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/opatch/rulemap.xml
Inflating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/prerequisite.properties
Creating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/oui/
Inflating: OPatch/opatchprereqs/oui/knowledgesrc.xml
Inflating: OPatch/opatch.ini
Inflating: OPatch/emdpatch.pl
Inflating: OPatch/opatch.pl
Creating: OPatch/jlib/
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatchprereq.jar
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatchactions.jar
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatchutil.jar
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatchfmw.jar
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatchext.jar
Inflating: OPatch/jlib/opatch.jar
Inflating: OPatch/opatch.bat
Creating: OPatch/docs/
Inflating: OPatch/docs/Prereq_Users_Guide.txt
Inflating: OPatch/docs/FAQ
Inflating: OPatch/docs/Users_Guide.txt
Inflating: OPatch/README.txt
[oracle@server orahome] $cd OPatch
[oracle@server OPatch] $. / opatch version
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.5.1
OPatch Version: 10.2.0.5.1
OPatch succeeded.
[oracle@server OPatch] $
4. You can use the absolute path to start OPatch:
[oracle@server OPatch] $$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch version
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.5.1
OPatch Version: 10.2.0.5.1
OPatch succeeded.
[oracle@server OPatch] $
Or you can add the directory where OPatch is located to the environment variable PATH, and then you can run the OPatch command (opatch) in any directory without specifying an absolute path
For Korn / Bourne shell:
$export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
