Install SQL*Plus on Ubuntu 16.04

1. First, you need to download Instant Client Downloads.


2. Install alien software.



sudo apt-get install alien



3. Navigate to the folder where the downloaded rpm files are located and execute the following commands:



sudo alien -i oracle-instantclient*-basic*.rpm
sudo alien -i oracle-instantclient*-sqlplus*.rpm
sudo alien -i oracle-instantclient*-devel*.rpm



4. Type following command to install libaio.so



sudo apt-get install libaio1



5. Create an Oracle configuration file:



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



6. Put the following line in the created file:



/usr/lib/oracle/<your oracle version>/client64/lib/



7. Update the configuration by running the following command:



sudo ldconfig



8. Try to connect using the following command:



sqlplus system/oracle@localhost:49161/xe