Install Oracle instant client (sqlplus) v12.1 on MacOSX

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Install Oracle instant client (sqlplus) on MacOSX

1. Get Oracle instant client for MacOSX

• Go to the download site - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html
• Download "instantclient-basic-macos.x64-12.1.0.2.0.zip"
• Download "instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-12.1.0.2.0.zip"
• Download "instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-12.1.0.2.0.zip"

2. Unarchive downloaded zip files into a same directory

• ex: $HOME/Downloads/instantclient_12_1

3. Create install.sh and copy the following code and past it on that file.
4. Run source /usr/local/share/instantclient/instantclient.sh
5. Run sqlplus to check if you can run "sqlplus" in any place
6. Add source /usr/local/share/instantclient/instantclient.sh to your .bashrc

install.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e
export ORACLE_VERSION="12.1.0.2.0"
mkdir -p /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/bin
mkdir -p /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/jdbc/lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/rdbms/jlib
mkdir -p /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/sqlplus/admin

mv sdk /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/lib/
mv ojdbc* /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/jdbc/lib/
mv x*.jar /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/rdbms/jlib/
mv glogin.sql /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/sqlplus/admin/
mv *dylib* /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/lib/
mv *README /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/
mv * /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/bin/
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s ../Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/bin/sqlplus sqlplus

cd /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION
mkdir -p share/instantclient
cd /usr/local/share
ln -s ../Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/share/instantclient/ instantclient
cd /usr/local/Oracle/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION/lib
ln -s libclntsh.dylib.12.1 libclntsh.dylib

echo "
export ORACLE_BASE=/usr/local/Oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=\$ORACLE_BASE/product/instantclient/$ORACLE_VERSION
export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=\$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export OCI_DIR=\$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
export TNS_ADMIN=\$ORACLE_BASE/admin/network
" > /usr/local/share/instantclient/instantclient.sh

echo "Done!"
echo
echo "Next step:  Add the following code to your ~/.bashrc"
echo "source /usr/local/share/instantclient/instantclient.sh"