how to install oracle XE on debian box (trial)
First you need to add your swap by doing this : dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/net/tmpswp bs=1k count=500000 chmod 600 tmpswp mkswap tmpswp turn on your swap by typing this : swapon tmpswp check how many swap that you got by : grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo put the proxy on if you have a proxy on your network : /etc/apt/apt.conf Add this to your sources.list and update: deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian/ unstable main non-free now let install the oracle... get the list of packages first... apt-get update then install the library needed apt-get install libaio the last one you are ready to install the oracle apt-get install oracle-xe you are done installing oracle on my side.. :p but its look like there is something missing... try to look the other reference on google ok.. :p thanks...