Oracle 10g in Debian Sid

Today I installed and configured Oracle 10g Express Edition in my Debian Sid.

Here is how I did this:

#echo "deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian/ unstable main non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
#apt-get update
#apt-get install oracle-xe oracle-xe-client

I had to download about 250 MB of installation files. Then the installer smoked me with this error message:

"This system does not meet the minimum requirements of swap space. Based on the amount of physical memory available on the system, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition requires 1008 mb of swap space. This system has 509 mb of swap space. Confugure more swap space on the system and retry the installation."

I had to enlarge my swap space to 1024 mb and the started the installer again. This time oracle got installed perfectly.

Then I had 2 do this:

#/etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure

Just answered yes to all the questions and orcacle got configured perfectly.

Then opened my web browser and put "http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex" in the address bar.

An interface like below popped up in the browser:


Entered 'system' for the username and provided the password that I used during the post-installation confugure process.