The installation process needs a user and a group previuosly configured, *oracle* for the user and *dba* for the group. You must be run the following commands: # groupadd -g 329 dba # useradd -d /u01/app/oracle -s /bin/bash -u 329 -g 329 oracle Oracle recomend some system requirements in kernel parameters, acording to oracle-xe installation guide at: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18802/toc.htm#BABJFAIA This slackbuild provides an sysctl configurations at /etc/sysctl.d/10-oracle.xe.conf; you only need restart or run: # sysctl --system After installing you must configure the database: # /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe configure Some environment variables need to be configured or exported before you start to use Oracle; by default all variables is configured with "en_US.UTF-8" but you can change to your locale preferences at: /etc/profile.d/oracle-env.sh And you can load with: # source /etc/profile.d/oracle-env.sh or logout and login for load all environment variables. To start and stop the database at boot/shutdown, make sure /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe is executable and update the following files: /etc/rc.d/rc.local ================== # Startup oracle-xe if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe start fi /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown =========================== # Stop oracle-xe if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.oracle-xe stop fi You can read more detailed instructions at: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17781_01/install.112/e18802/toc.htm