#ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION LINUX INSTALL#

Install the downloaded packages and their dependencies: Oracle-instantclient12.1-sqlplus-12.1.0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm - SQL*Plus, it is needed only for troubleshooting and therefore the package be skipped

#ORACLE ODBC DRIVER CONFIGURATION LINUX DOWNLOAD#

I use Ubuntu 16.04 and therefore I download following packages of Instant Client 12.1 from Instant Client Downloads for Linux x86-64 (64-bit): Some of the articles you may find in the References section. The guidelines below are the “shortest path to success” which are compiled from articles which I have found. Here is the table with compatible versions of unixODBC Driver Manager and Instant Client: Instant Client version Funny enough Oracle itself recommends the driver in their own product Oracle® Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Builder. Dyalog recommends the driver for SQAPL Interface. Progress DataDirect Oracle ODBC driver: paid. Simba Oracle ODBC Driver: paid, offers 20 days trial, documentationĭevart ODBC Driver for Oracle: paid, offers 30 days trial.Įasysoft Oracle® ODBC Driver: paid, offers 14 days trial, documentation. The ODBC driver is distributed by Oracle itself. There is number of Oracle ODBC driver implementations: The SQAPL supports unixODBC, therefore I’m firm with my decision :) Choice of Oracle ODBC drivers, available on Linux My goal is to to get working Dyalog APL SQAPL on Linux with Oracle database. Which of them to choose? At the time of writing, the unixODBC is more actively developed than iODBC and unixODBC looks more popular as well. You can read about differences between the projects in the article What are the functional differences between iODBC and unixODBC? There are two alternative ODBC implementations available on Linux:

Making Oracle ODBC driver working with Dyalog APL/Linux Installation of Oracle ODBC driver in Linux You never know what you can do till you try.

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