You need to drop down into a Terminal session, which you can launch by clicking onApplications,System Tools, and?Terminal?in the menu.
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sudo?rpm?-iv?oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm??
This command will install the packages in verbose syntax and display the following messages:
[sudo] password for mclaughlinm: Preparing packages for installation... oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0 Executing post-install steps... You must run '/etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure'as the root user to configure the database.
This step requires that you assume the role of the?root?user, which can be done with this syntax:
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sudo?sh??
In this?root?shell, you run the Oracle 11g XE configuration with this command:
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/etc/init.d/oracle-xe?configure??
The following are the text prompts that you accept to configure Oracle 11g XE:
After completing the configuration, you need to do two things. First, you need to modify the.bash_profilefile for your user (covered in the next step). Second, you need to reboot your system.
This step requires that you exit the?root?shell by typing the?exit?command. This should put you back into your administration account withsudoer?privileges. You use?vi?to edit and add the following to the.bash_profile?file.
You can now log in to the Oracle database with the following syntax from the command line. You’ll be prompted for thesystem?password that you entered during the configuration steps. I’ll add another post on SQL Developer later this week.
