Steps to install Oracle on the Ubuntu 64-bit server
Oracle needs swap space of 1GB defined. Here is a link to steps for creating it
Steps to create swap space
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/5120MB.swap bs=1M count=5120 mkswap /mnt/5120MB.swap swapon /mnt/5120MB.swap vim /etc/fstab add line: /mnt/5120MB.swap none swap sw 0 0
apt-get update apt-get install libc6-i386 wget "http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/libaio_0.3.104-1_i386.deb" wget "http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/oracle-xe-universal_10.2.0.1-1.1_i386.deb" dpkg -i --force-architecture libaio_0.3.104-1_i386.deb dpkg -i --force-architecture oracle-xe-universal_10.2.0.1-1.1_i386.deb /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
root@ub1:/tmp# /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Configuration ------------------------------------------------- This will configure on-boot properties of Oracle Database 10g Express Edition. The following questions will determine whether the database should be starting upon system boot, the ports it will use, and the passwords that will be used for database accounts. Press <Enter> to accept the defaults. Ctrl-C will abort. Specify the HTTP port that will be used for Oracle Application Express [8080]: Specify a port that will be used for the database listener [1521]: Specify a password to be used for database accounts. Note that the same password will be used for SYS and SYSTEM. Oracle recommends the use of different passwords for each database account. This can be done after initial configuration: Confirm the password: Do you want Oracle Database 10g Express Edition to be started on boot (y/n) [y]: Starting Oracle Net Listener...Done Configuring Database...Done Starting Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Instance...Done Installation Completed Successfully. To access the Database Home Page go to "http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex"
edit your ~/.bashrc
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin export ORACLE_HOME export ORACLE_SID=XE export PATH
Oracle user's home directory: /usr/lib/oracle/xe