Downloading The Database Server Software
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ATTENTION MIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: This page provides instructions for downloading the Oracle SERVER component. You only need the Oracle CLIENT component. For Oracle CLIENT instructions please go to https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/MSBTech/Installing+Java+Development+Kit+and+Oracle+SQL+Developer. |
The current download URL for all Oracle Database Enterprise products is http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html. From this page download Oracle 11g for your operating system. Due to the size of the install files it is downloaded as two compressed file archives. Each archive contains different files that belong in a folder called database. Once downloaded, extract the contents of each into the same directory. For example, don't extract compressed_database_1of2.zip into a folder called "database_1of2" and compressed_database_2of2.zip into a folder called "database_2of2". Instead, extract the contents of each archive into the same folder called "database". When extracting the second archive into the same directory as the first, you may be prompted to merge some directories. Allow the merge. Once completed, you should see a single folder called "database" that contains the following files and folders:
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