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CS327: Oracle Express 11g Installation on Mac Tutorial

1. Download VM image named cs327.ova at: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~scohen/vm_image/cs327.ova

2. Download VirtualBox 4.3.20 for OS X hosts at: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and install VirtualBox VM on Mac.

3. Launch VirtualBox VM and choose File->Import Appliance.

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4. Click the folder icon on the right hand side and choose the path where cs327.ova stores.

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5. Click Continue and click Import and keep the default setting.

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6. Choose cs327.ova and Start the Ubuntu VM by clicking green arrow Start icon.

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7. Log in Ubuntu as account yuming with password “a” without double quotes.

8. Open Terminal.

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9. Start Oracle system using Linux command line: sudo service oracle-xe start and type the password “a” without double quotes.

10. Then Oracle system will be started and you should see these messages.

11. Now you can start to exploit default scheme using command line: sqlplus

scott/tiger.

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12. Or you can log in Oracle system as Database Administrator and the password is “a” without double quotes.

13. If you prefer SQL Developer GUI, you can first start the oracle system in Step 10.

Then type the command line in the terminal and launch SQL Developer: unset GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID

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14. To stop the oracle system, type the command line: sudo service oracle-xe stop