Installing oracle 11g database in ubuntu 13.10

[mohitsharma3172]

hello...
i'm new to ubuntu...
i'm using ubuntu 13.10...
i'm trying to install oracle 11g database...
i succeeded doing that by following the tutorial in the link http://meandmyubuntulinux.blogspot.in/2012/05/installing-oracle-11g-r2-express.html
I succeeded..it worked
but after restart , it says sqlplus command not found
please help.

[raja.genupula]

whats the output of


apt-get cache policy sqlplus

[mohitsharma3172]

it says :
E: Invalid operation cache

[icelechi2]

Try this:


Create a new file called .oracle in your home directory and in the file write

#!/bin/bash
sudo mkdir /var/lock/subsys
sudo touch /var/lock/subsys/listener

sudo service oracle-xe start

Save it and give it the appropriate privileges

sudo chmod 755 ~/.oracle
then run it ./.oracle