Is running Oracle10g on Debian Linux possible? Oh yes, definitely! And it runs great, really. It's even easier to install than the older versions of Oracle as there are no problems with incompatible libc library & other bugs. You need to make just two simple preparations before you can enjoy your new development database.

Important note: I tested this only on the Debian unstable distribution and only with the 2.6 kernel, as that's what I'm running. I believe that most of you that are running Debian unstable are also running the newest stable kernel, so that shouldn't be a problem, right? Let's go step by step...