How to install Oracle 18C XE package on Ubuntu 18.04

Question

I have downloaded Oracle 18C XE the rpm file, but I don't know how to install the database.

Answer 1

Alien

Description

Convert and install rpm and other packages. Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg or apt.

It can also generate packages of any of the other formats.

This is a tool only suitable for binary packages.

Install

sudo apt install alien

Usage

alien -d your_rpm_file.rpm

Then install it with apt:

sudo apt install ./your_rpm_file.deb

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I would google for a snap or docker image instead of converting a rpm pkg, eg:

• https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/tree/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance/dockerfiles
• https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/blob/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance/README.md

For more info visit:

• https://github.com/oracle/docker-images
• https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/blob/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance/README.md

Answer 2

On MY Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS (YMMV),

$ man -k RPM
rpm (8)              - RPM Package Manager
rpm2archive (8)      - Extract archive archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.
rpm2cpio (8)         - Extract cpio archive from RPM Package Manager (RPM) package.
rpm_execcon (3)      - get or set the SELinux security context used for executing a new process
rpmatch (3)          - determine if the answer to a question is affirmative or negative
rpmbuild (8)         - Build RPM Package(s)
rpmdb (8)            - RPM Database Tool
rpmdeps (8)          - Generate RPM Package Dependencies
rpmgraph (8)         - Display RPM Package Dependency Graph
rpmkeys (8)          - RPM Keyring
rpmquery (8)         - RPM Package Manager
rpmsearch (1sr)      - surfraw(1) search tools
rpmsign (8)          - RPM Package Signing
rpmspec (8)          - RPM Spec Tool
rpmverify (8)        - RPM Package Manager
tap2rpm (1)          - create RPM packages which wrap .tap files

These are available from the package manager:

$ for i in rpm rpm2archive rpm2cpio rpm_execcon rpmatch rpmbuild rpmdb rpmdeps rpmgraph rpmkeys rpmquery rpmsearch rpmsign rpmspec rpmverify tap2rpm ; do dpkg -S $(type -p $i) 2>/dev/null; done
rpm: /usr/bin/rpm
rpm2cpio: /usr/bin/rpm2archive
rpm2cpio: /usr/bin/rpm2cpio
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmbuild
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmdb
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmgraph
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmkeys
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmquery
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmsign
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmspec
rpm: /usr/bin/rpmverify
python-twisted-core: /usr/bin/tap2rpm