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Oracle Instant Client

Installing the Oracle Instant Client on Linux

The clients reside here:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/linuxsoft.html


the RPMS extract to /usr/lib/oracle/<version>/client/lib

create a directory at /usr/lib/oracle/<version>/client/admin
this is where we will keep out tnsnames.ora (Example Tns Names)

export 2 variables (put them in /etc/profile)
export TNS_ADMIN=/usr/lib/oracle/<version>/client/admin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/<version>/client/lib

you should now be able to connect via
sqlplus username/password@TNSNAME