Package Space Applications – oracle

Overview

This package contains the Oracle database client and libraries.

Installation

You can run oracle in one of two ways: locally or out of AFS Space:

Running locally

 Follow these steps to load the oracle package to a local machine:

  1. Go to the Package Space Local Downloads page and click on the oracle link.
  2. Click on the link of the oracle version you wish to download.
  3. Follow the installation instructions on the download page.

Follow these instructions to setup the user environment before running the package:

 bash/ksh users:

   export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/local/oracle/product/11.2.0.3

   export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

 csh/tcsh users:

   set ORACLE_HOME=/usr/local/oracle/product/11.2.0.3

   set PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH 

Running out of AFS Space

Make sure you are subscribed to the  oracle package:

 %  ipm  add   oracle

 Then invoke oracle as follows:

 %   {oracle utility}  {options}

 Files live in /afs/isis/pkg/oracle.

Versions

  1. The latest version available for local download is oracle  11.2.0.3.
  2. The latest version available out of AFS space is oracle  11.2.0.3.

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