Install Oracle Xe 21c On Ubuntu (2026)

lsnrctl status This should show the listener status as RUNNING . In this article, we’ve shown you how to install Oracle XE 21c on Ubuntu. We’ve covered the prerequisites, preparing the environment, downloading and extracting the installation file, installing

sudo apt update Install the required packages: install oracle xe 21c on ubuntu

sudo /opt/oracle/product/21.0.0/dbhomeXE/bin/lsnrctl start Configure the database: lsnrctl status This should show the listener status

sudo apt install -y libaio1 libstdc++6 Create a new user and group for Oracle XE: ve covered the prerequisites

SELECT status FROM v$INSTANCE; This should return OPEN . Verify the listener status:

sudo /opt/oracle/product/21.0.0/dbhomeXE/bin/dbca -silent -createDatabase -templateName XE -gdbName XE -sid XE -characterSet AL32UTF8 -memoryOption -memoryLimit 1024 Start the database:

sudo groupadd oinstall sudo useradd -g oinstall oracle Set up the environment variables for the oracle user: