Trying to install oracle xe 18c in linux mint but getting error. Any suggestions?

Question

Hello everyone i'm kinda new to linux and trying to install oracle 18c in linux-mint. I have searched this on google and some say it does not support for this distro and some provide a solution to install 18c. If i somehow get this running in my sys, it will be very helpful.

My Sys info

shubhro@shubhro-Inspiron-5570:~$ uname -a Linux shubhro-Inspiron-5570 5.4.0-67-generic #75-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 18:03:38 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Below is the error im getting

root@shubhro-Inspiron-5570:/home/shubhro# alien --script oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
warning: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ec551f03: NOKEY
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0’: File exists
unable to mkdir oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0:  at /usr/share/perl5/Alien/Package.pm line 257.

Answer 1

Actually i got it working by removing the already existing file

sudo rm -rf oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0

if a file exists with that name, the system can't create a directory with the same name, so we have to rm the file for the code to run unaltered.

Answer 2

1. you need to install alien

sudo apt install alien libaio1 unixodbc

2. convert the.rpm file to.deb with the command

sudo alien --script oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

3. install by running the command

sudo dpkg -i oracle-database-xe-18c_1.0-2_amd64.deb

4. configuration

sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe-18c configure

you can see in this link link more details