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I wanted to install Oracle XE on my MacBook Pro. As of now, I have installed VirtualBox but not sure what else I should download and install. I got Developer VM list, but all seems to be huge in size. Could anyone suggest me steps by which I can have Oracle XE on my MacBook Pro without wasting unnecessary bandwidth.

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  • Your confused about what Oracle XE package your suppose to install or which VirtualBox package?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 17:03
  • which package to install for Oracle XE. First part of your question.
    – Ravi
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 17:03
  • So edit your question to say that. You should download which ever package makes the most sense, which contains Oracle XE, which one you want I can't answer. There is no wrong answer.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 17:04
  • Could you suggest manual steps (installing OS and Oracle db only), by which I can install what is needed that may not be listed in developer vm list.
    – Ravi
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 17:07
  • Do I have the knowledge to provide, step-by-step instructions to install the Oracle Database XE, I absolutely do have that knowledge. Do I feel it would make a good answer, to the question you have ask, I do not. Just download a 64-bit Linux ,ISO, of the distribution of your choice, then install, [this]oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/…). Do your homework on what vulnerabilities exists on a 2 year old release though.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 17:09

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As of today I've managed to install Oracle Express Edition 18.4.0 on Mac using docker.

Also you can pick one of 11.2.0.2, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18.3.0, 18.4.0, 19.3.0 XE versions by supplying needed -v version to the buildDockerImage.sh script just like I did with -v 18.4.0 in the example below.

Here's a full algo:

  1. clone from github https://github.com/oracle/docker-images - it is a repo with official dockerfiles for easy start.
  2. execute in a shell line by line:
    cd docker-images/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance/dockerfiles

    ./buildDockerImage.sh -v 18.4.0 -x    

    docker run --name xe -p 1521:1521 -p 5500:5500 -e ORACLE_PWD=pick_your_password -e ORACLE_CHARACTERSET=AL32UTF8 oracle/database:18.4.0-xe

Done!

You can set your own password, ports and other settings when running container from the built image.

NOTE: Be aware the process of script execution may appear as stuck but actually it needs some time to download images because remote repo provides slow speed.

Full docs I studied it from: https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/tree/master/OracleDatabase/SingleInstance

After each restart of your machine you can run again prepared XE docker container using docker start xe command.

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