Oralce on Ubuntu?

[Derek Broughton]

David Symons wrote:

> On 10/10/06, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone gotten Oracle working on Ubuntu?
>>
>> Is there a HOWTO?
> 
> I have Oracle 9i working and have documented the installation process at:
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Oracle9i
> 
> There is also an Oracle 10g page:
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Oracle10g

Oracle 9i is the hard way.  I had 8i installed, but much trouble with 9i.  I
then installed 10g (much easier than 9i but harder than 8i).  Then they
released XE as a debian package - oracle-xe.  It installs in minutes,
problem free (of course XE has a four-user limit and a db size limit).
-- 
derek