title: Installing Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) on Ubuntu Linux using YUM
body: <p>I am trying to install Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) Release 18.4.0.0.0 (18c) on Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux) using yum and receive the following errors:</p>
  
  <pre><code>~/my_oracle# yum localinstall oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
  Setting up Local Package Process
  Examining oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  Marking oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm to be installed
  Resolving Dependencies
  --&gt; Running transaction check
  ---&gt; Package oracle-database-xe-18c.x86_64 0:1.0-1 will be installed
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: file for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: net-tools for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: oracle-database-preinstall-18c for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64
  --&gt; Finished Dependency Resolution
  Error: Package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64 (/oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64)
             Requires: file
  Error: Package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64 (/oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64)
             Requires: net-tools
  Error: Package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64 (/oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64)
             Requires: oracle-database-preinstall-18c
  Error: Package: oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64 (/oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64)
             Requires: /bin/sh
   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
   You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Just trying to follow instructions and unfortunately to no avail.</p>
  
  <p>I am using these instructions here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/xeinl/procedure-installing-oracle-database-xe.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/18/xeinl/procedure-installing-oracle-database-xe.html</a></p>