Brian’s Stuff

It couldn’t be easier. Just execute the following commands in your favourite shell: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun And add the following /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun to the top of the list in your /etc/jvm file.

I needed to install Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) on a VMware Workstation virtual machine (VM) running Ubuntu 8.04 as the guest operating system today. It wasn’t as straightforward as I would have expected compared to my previous experience of installing XE on Windows-based platforms.