Reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Oracle%20Instant%20Client
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Decide which version of the Oracle client to install
- Each version of the client supports certain versions of the database; for example, Oracle client 12.1 supports Oracle database 10.2 - 19c
- See here for more information: http://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=207303.1
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Download the Oracle client packages
- Go here: https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
- At a minimum you'll need either the
basiclite
package (for English error messages and Western language character sets) or thebasic
package (to support all languages)
- Get the
sqlplus
package if you'd like to use thesqlplus
command