Update procedure from APEX 3.1 to 3.1.2 on Oracle XE database

Hello,
how to make an update of APEX 3.1 to 3.1.2 on an Oracle XE database with the full installation pack (which you get normally at OTN)? I mean the patchset 7313609 from Metalink wont work on a XE database because it doesn't have the opatch feature integrated.
Can it be the normal update procedure which I would have to use for it:
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Thanks ahead,
Tobias

Tobias,
The 3.1.2 patch doesn't use opatch since it's not patching the Oracle binaries etc, it is simply a SQL script that you run that updates the PLSQL packages, code, etc inside the database (plus the new images, javascript etc).
As such, there's no reason the patch couldn't be run on XE (assuming you are entitled to download the patch etc).
John.
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