Terry : Oracle 10g XE on Ubuntu

Download Debian package from OTN

Install

sudo dpkg -i oracle-xe-universal_10.2.0.1-1.0_i386.deb

Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.lst

deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free

Or add to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-xe.list

echo deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free | \
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-xe.list

Add the public key

wget http://oss.oracle.com/el4/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle  -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Install using apt-get

apt-get update
apt-get install oracle-xe-universal