Stopping the listener process
Before you start the installation, check that there is no listener process that is running on the system.
About this task
Procedure
- Run the following command on the database server [or stand-alone server if you are installing on a single computer]:ps -ef | egrep [t]ns
If this command returns nothing, then proceed with the installation.
- If the previous step returns output similar to the following:oracle 29466 28166 0 10:37:55 ?
0:07 /appl/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/bin/tnslsnr LISTENER -inherit
Then, this process must be stopped by running the following command as the database owner:
$ lsnrctl stopWhere is the name of the listener that is returned by the ps command. In the above example, the listener name is LISTENER.