How tonstall/Configure Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu

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Installing the Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu/Debian based systems is awkward since Oracle is RPM centric regarding its Linux support.

What's the best way to easily install and configure the Instant Client on Ubuntu?

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I never really found a good answer to this that didn't involve a lot of manual steps, so I made a solution.

You can download a script from my oracle_instant_client_for_ubuntu GitHub repo which will convert Oracle rpms into Ubuntu compatible packages and then install them for you.

It now supports multiple versions of the instant client. Feel free to log issues via GitHub.

Currently, this project only supports 64-bit systems.

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There are .deb packages available. Using the ones from http://people.debian.org/~nobse/mysql-5.5/:

sudo su -
wget http://people.debian.org/~nobse/mysql-5.5/mysql-common_5.5.13-2_all.deb
wget http://people.debian.org/~nobse/mysql-5.5/mysql-server_5.5_5.5.13-2_amd64.deb

dpkg -i mysql-common_5.5.13-2_all.deb
dpkg -i mysql-server_5.5_5.5.13-2_amd64.deb

The first dpkg execution may ask for you to install dependencies. If you're installing on a 32-bit system, alter the URLs accordingly.

Latest .debs are available on http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/#downloads - Select "Debian Linux".

Linux – Oracle supported linux distributions

There is no reason why Oracle would perform badly on Ubuntu (though Oracles OEL kernel has some Oracle-specific optimisations), it's all about enterprise support.

Certification is an expensive and time-consuming task, as is training support workers in each flavour of Linux - that's why the RDBMS is only officially supported on a select number of releases.

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