Install SQL Instant client on Ubuntu
Install SQL Instant client on Ubuntu Directly we don’t have the RPM/Zip Packages to install the instant client on Ubuntu, as we need to download the Linux Packages/Zip Files from the Oracle Site ( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/index... ) And convert into Ubuntu compatible then install. The below are the files to download & place into opt directory # /opt root@xyz-deploy:/opt# ls instantclient-basic-linux.x64-12.2.0.1.0.zip instantclient-sqlplus-linux.x64-12.2.0.1.0.zip Before unzip the above files, we need to install some packages like alien & unzip etc, Internet access should be present on server Take the backup of the source.list file & make some changes to existing source file Verify the internet root@xyz-deploy:/opt# ping 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=36 time=141 ms root@xyz-deploy:/opt# cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.