There is no need of login/password to install these publicly available rpm's from Oracle's website.
Missing RPM's are the single most important hurdle that dba's & developers must cross when installing desired Oracle software's on linux boxes. The best way for any Oracle developer to get started with Linux based installations is by installing Oracle 11g Database on Oracle Enterprise Linux.
Steps are
a. Register, download & install VMWare server. Youtube has many videos for this. Simply search for VMWare server install in http://youtube.com
b. Register and download Oracle Enterprise Linux from
http://edelivery.oracle.com/linuxc. Download Oracle Database 11g for Linux from
d. Unzip the files in any temp/staging or installation directorye. Follow the instructions as per
http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/11gr1_db/install/dbinst/dbinst.htm
http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/11gr1_db/install/dbinst/dbinst.htm
By following steps a) to e), you can get first hand experience of the process of installing Oracle Software's on linux.
However, the Step (e) on Oracle's webpage does not give a clue about how you will install the RPMs
This article gives step by step instructions to install missing RPMs, and this knowledge can be carried forward into learning installation of other complex Oracle Products.
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