Upgrading Application Express on Oracle XE (installed on Ubuntu 8.04)

I'd installed on my laptop (OP is Ubuntu 8.04) Oracle XE and is wotking quite fine.
But I really like to upgrade apex to last version (3.1.2). I read documentation but are not many information about how to upgrade.
Daniel

Thanks Arie,
On whatever version of Windows I've updated without problems Application Express.
I'm talking here about Ubuntu (a debian distribution of Linux).
My problem is where to unzip apex, where to use sqlplus command prompt etc., because is different than Windows.
If you don't have DBA rights on the account (user account other than root) you have errors in installation process and more.
For example they say in doc...:0
"To run the apxconf.sql configuration script:
1. Change your working directory to ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\apex or whatever convention used to indicate the Oracle home.
2. Start SQL*Plus and connect to the database where Oracle Application Express is installed as SYS. For example:
* On Windows:
SYSTEM_DRIVE:\ sqlplus /nolog
SQL> CONNECT SYS as SYSDBA
Enter password: SYS_password
* On UNIX and Linux:
$ sqlplus /nolog
SQL> CONNECT SYS as SYSDBA
Enter password: SYS_password".....
When you install Oracle what version you need, OP (Linux) create a different user account for Oracle. Usually if you want to use your account like dba for oracle, you need to give to that account the proper rights.
So, I need a installation rutine (for upgrading) for apex on Linux.

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