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post #1 of 5
9/21/06 at 3:06am
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Hey guys, so I just got my brand spanking new MBP and have been getting used to OS X over the past few days.

A major question I have is ... how the hell do I get SQL Plus / Oracle client installed on OS X? I know it's available for OS X server and the readmes are only for the OS X server. I've done some google searches, but the readme I've found are leaving a bit out here and there. Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone on here has had any success getting it installed in OS X.
I'd really much rather do my oracle DBA stuff in OS X than XP, but if I need to, I'll resort to XP... I just don't want to :-D

thanks
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post #2 of 5
9/21/06 at 6:21am
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thre...97512&tstart=0

This work?
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post #3 of 5
9/21/06 at 10:10am
If MySQL would work, there are precompiled MAMP packages out there I believe, and that shouldnt be a problem installing I dont think, though it has been quite some time since I glanced at them(And it was only a passing glance really) I don't know if they are universal or not yet, I would imagine they are, especially with the XServes now running on Intel.

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post #4 of 5
9/21/06 at 10:26pm
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Kakaze, I tried those directions already, and I coudln't figure out the 'Set the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/ora_instant_client/instantclient10_1 and later added to my profile' part.
I've found a couple other sites that go over it as well, and when I have time I will try some of their directions. If I get it to work I'll post the page that was the easiest to follow.

seablade, MySQL will not work. I have to connect to an oracle DB.

thanks though
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post #5 of 5
9/21/06 at 11:47pm
I know there is a better one out there, but I cant find it quickly right now...

http://developer.apple.com/documenta...section_4.html

Explains the basics of environment variables.

At any rate since I believe that MacOS Terminal runs bash you would set it with the command..

export VARIABLENAME="VARIABLEVALUE"

in this case

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/ora_instant_client/instantclient10_1"

and you can check it with a simple echo command...

echo $DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

should come back with the path that was set above with the export command.

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