ERROR: You must not be logged in as root to run this tool.

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Symptoms

During the installation of Oracle database software getting this error even when running through root user.

Cause

Oracle installation need to be run as a sudo user not with root user.

Solution

Create user with sudo permissions and install Oracle using that user.

In CentOS, use below commands to create a user with sudo permissions

adduser oginstall
passwd oginstall
usermod -aG wheel oginstall

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