Sqlplus client installation

Other files installed that are not listed here can be ignored, or can be removed to save disk space. The sub-directory structure enables multiple versions of Instant Client to be available.

For The environment may be configured using SET commands in a Windows command prompt or made permanent by setting Environment Variables in System Properties. For example, to set environment variables in Windows using System Properties, open System from the Control Panel, click the Advanced tab and then click Environment Variables. To connect to a database you must specify the database using an Oracle Net connection identifier.

Chamara Keragala Chamara Keragala 5, 9 9 gold badges 39 39 silver badges 56 56 bronze badges. Hi I have installed it now when I am trying to connect to the server it is givig me an error : -bash: sqlplus: command not found — Megha Sharma.

Now when I try to connect it gives me error: sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libsqlplus. ORA in the home directory of oracle — Megha Sharma. Also the bin dir contains only adrci genezi sqlplus. I am not able to import the dump — Megha Sharma.

Show 8 more comments. Thomas8 It was added as an edit in ChamaraKeragala answer after jbass answer it's specified in the answer as a thanks to. Look at the RPM file oracle-instantclient Madness 2, 3 3 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. Naresh Naresh 31 1 1 bronze badge. Install alien and related packages sudo apt-get install alien Install oracle client packages using alien. I'm not going to mention about export oracle specific variables as it's already clearly explained in above answers Hope it helps someone.

Do you still have to manually download the. As I got this error: "File "oracle-instantclient Yes you need to download the rpm manually — Akash Patil.

Tadas V. Marinos An Marinos An 7, 3 3 gold badges 40 40 silver badges 76 76 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. In many cases I now use SQLcl instead of the instant client. Before considering the instant client, you should ask yourself if SQLcl would be more appropriate.

Since September the instant client RPMs have been freely available on yum. If you are using Oracle Linux and have root access you can install the instant client using Yum with a few simple commands. The links below provide the general downloads page and the Linux x specific downloads, which will be used in this article.