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Oracle XE in Ubuntu

Ubuntu installation scripts for Oracle XE database.

Install Oracle XE package

• Download Oracle XE RPM package from Oracle site
• Convert to DEB and install:

  # The '-c' option includes package scripts.
  alien -c oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm
  dpkg -i oracle-xe_11.2.0-2_amd64.deb
      

Usage

The scripts must be run as root.

Usage: ./install.sh [-i] [-s] [-h]

Commands usually have longer counterparts.
  -h    - this screen
  -i    - convert RPM to DEB and install it (requires alien)
  -l    - configure Oracle Net Listener to listen on localhost not hostname (default: true)
  -s    - config /dev/shm only temporarily

Example 1: ./install.sh
  Starts system configuration for Oracle XE.
  /dev/shm will be prepared on every system boot.

Example 2: ./install.sh --tmp-shm --localhost false
  Starts system configuration for Oracle XE.
  It requires to run setup-shm-for-oracle-xe.sh before every first
  start of the DB after system reboot.

Example 3: ./install.sh -i
  Converts Oracle XE from oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm to deb package
  and installs it. Then starts system configuration.

Example 4: ./install.sh --help
  This screen.

This script must be run as root.

Edit Oracle XE configuration in oracle-xe-config.conf.

Resources

The scripts have been written based on the following posts:

• Manish Raj’s Blog - Installing oracle 11gr2
• Ask Ubuntu - How to install Oracle Express 11gR2?