title: How to install and start Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) 18c on Fedora Linux with SQL-Developer IDE
body: <p>I have put together a comprehensive guide to installing and starting Oracle Database Express Edition on Fedora 33 Linux. I had to cobble this together from numerous sources, and it works. It's not just the installation, it's also getting the database to start with the listener after installation when the machine is rebooted, how to setup a non-system database user, and how to add a connection. I hope this guide is useful to whoever comes across it. There are precious few working guides for Fedora 33 Oracle DB XE 18c and SQLDeveloper setup. Here it is:</p>