Introduction
Oracle is an organisation, best known for their database.
Package list
Oracle provides a debian repository at http://oss.oracle.com/debian, containing only Oracle 10g Express Edition (XE) packages. To see these packages, add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free
Next, you will need to add the GPG key.
wget http://oss.oracle.com/el4/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle -O- | sudo apt-key add -
As root, type:
apt-get update
To install the XE client, type
apt-get install oracle-xe-client
More information about the Express Edition is available at http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html
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