instant oracle 12c client on linux

1) get the below instance oracle 12c client from oracle site

• instantclient-basic-linux.x64-12.1.0.2.0.zip
• instantclient-sqlplus-linux.x64-12.1.0.2.0.zip

2) create a oralce_instance directory in your home directory

3) unzip both instantclient zip file in /home/xyz/oracle_instance

4) create a soft link in /usr/bin 

cd /sur/bin; sudo ln -s /home/xyz/oracle_instance/sqlplus  

5) Create a new file 

sudo vi /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle.conf

insert the below line and save the file

/home/xyz/oracle_instance/

Note : Oracle client instance home directory may be different in your case. So choose it accordingly.

6) sudo ldconfig


troubleshooting :

if sqlplus complain about the library libaio.so.1 , then install below library.

sudo apt-get install libaio1

that's it, now happy sqlplus  . If you want to install the oracle instant client from rpm package you need alien . Please check one of my old post.