Cannot complete installation on Ubuntu 8.04
I have some experience installing Oracle Standard / SE One on Windows 2003 Server, and in general I have no problems.
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux and I like it. I am also new to Oracle XE. I have made several trials to get Oracle running on Ubuntu and I just can't. Sometimes it installs and I even can log into SQL plus as SYS and run some selects. But the XE home page never displays. Last time when configuring Oracle it says port 8080 is invalid and doesn't accept any other port.
As I don't know Linux very well, I'd like to know if it is necessary to create an Oracle user and then install Oracle as root, but within Oracle user, or is it the same if I create the user Francisco and install Oracle as root within Francisco user? Or what is the way? I cannot log in as root in Ubuntu desktop. Also, where do I have to save the .deb package in order to unpack it, and should I run it from the full path or reference it from outside (another directory)? I just got lost in linux directory structure.
I have reinstalled Ubuntu completely to do an Oracle fresh install, and got no results.
The installation steps in Oracle manuals are very clear, I'd like to have some advice on the PRE-installation requirements.
Thanks,
Francisco.