I am using Redhat 5.5. What is the way to find out the version of Oracle installed on it?

Question

I use Redhat 5.5 and I want to know about version of Oracle installed on it. I am new to Linux, and searched Google but could not find the solution. Please tell me how can I know about the version using terminal.

Answer 1

It is pretty simple to find out the Oracle version in Linux:

If you are running the Oracle Database, you can try

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory

which shows the exact version and patches installed.

You can also try the command listed down below:

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory | awk '/^Oracle Database/ {print $NF}'