A while back I broke down to the peer pressure in the APEX community (you know who you are ;-) and bought a Mac Book Air. I’m still learning the ropes and one thing that took some time to get working was the Oracle Instant Client. Installing it isn’t as straightforward as installing the Instant Client on Windows.
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I finally got it working and thought I’d post what I did for others that are new to OS X.
Download Instant Client
First you’ll nee to download the Instant Client for OS X. I downloaded the following files for Version 11.2.0.3.0 (64-bit):
Unzip both files and put their contents in /oracle/instantclient_11_2/
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Setting Paths
You’ll need to set the appropriate paths to load by default in Terminal. Open Terminal and run:
Running SQL*Plus
Now when you open a new terminal window you should be able to run SQL*Plus
Additional Addons
When using SQL*Plus in Windows you can use the Up arrow to get your previous command. If you do that in Linux you’ll get some weird character. The good news is that there’s a program to resolve it called rlwrap. CJ Travis has a good post on how to install rlwrap of Mac OS X.
Can we install Oracle 12c Database without using any Virtual Machine ? Currently I have installed it in VMWare Fusion but it is consuming a lot of power.
Jens EratOracle Database 12c doesn't run on OS X, so I guess you'll have to stick to a VM running a supported OS (see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html):
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jaumejaumeVM appears to be the only solution currently. You can attempt to dual boot your OS with a linux distribution, and install Oracle on that. I have only been able to install the instant client to get the SQL Developer to work on my OS X.
So something like this:/Library/Oracle/instantclient_11_2/network/admin/
on SQL Developer, you can then point the directory to the tnsnames.ora in this directory to get your connections.
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