oracle10g xe install & config - ubuntu

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oracle10g xe introduce

express edition, smaller than enterprise edition, take smaller disk & resource, suitable & enough for development & learn,

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download

for ubuntu download the xxx.dev

file size about 260Mb, install require about 1.6Gb,

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install

refer to:

steps:

* sudo dpkg -i xxx.dev

install oracle xe,

if error occor about libaio and libaio1,

then:

* apt-get -f install

fix the dependence

* sudo dpkg -i xxx.dev

retry install

* sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure

config:

port of Oracle Application Express, default to 8080,

port of database listener, default to 1521,

password for user sys and system,

whether start on boot,

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* config environments

vi /etc/profile.d/xxx.sh, add or modify lines:

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

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* reboot

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* open http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex

login as sys,

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* ok

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XE instance:

a database with instance id = XE is created automaticly,

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uninstall

refer to:

steps:

* sudo dpkg -P oracle-xe-universal

* sudo rm -rf /usr/local/oracle

* sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/oracle

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* remove environments

vi /etc/profile.d/xxx.sh, remove oracle configs,

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start & stop start: * su - root * su - oracle * lsnrctl start start the listener control * sqlplus / as sysdba login to sqlplus * startup start the database *  * ok *  stop: * su - root * su - oracle *  * sqlplus / as sysdba login to sqlplus * shutdown immediate shutdown the database *  * lsnrctl stop stop the listener control *  * ok * 

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/etc/init.d/oracle-xe

a script that control oracle start/restart/config,

format:

sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe option

options:

* restart

restart database

* status

print status

* enable

enable start boot

* disable

disable start boot

e.g.

sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe restart

restart the oracle database

sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe enable

start oracle database on boot

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