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How to Install/Configure Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu

Installing the Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu/Debian based systems is awkward since Oracle is RPM centric regarding its Linux support. What's the best way to easily install and configure the Instant ...
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Installing Oracle 11g XE on Ubuntu 12.04

I have spent the last 6 hours trying to install Oracle 11g on Ubuntu. Obviously, I'm not the only one who has struggled with this, as there is a lot of (often misleading) "documentation" online on how ...
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oracle 11g seems to die every 2 days, how can i debug what's happening?

I installed oracle 11g on ubuntu 11.10, but it seems that every couple of days I'll get to work and the database isn't running but the listener is. To fix it, all I have to do is login and start it ...
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Connection to an oracle db from another computer

I have installed Oracle 11g to an ubuntu, I can connect to DB using sqlplus from the localhost, But I cannot connect from another computer, I have configured my tnsnames.ora as followed; ELIF = ...
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What's a free client for Oracle 8 on Linux / Ubuntu?

I need to connect to a legacy Oracle 8 database. Oracle SQL Developer would be my tool of choice, but the current version doesn't support Oracle 8 anymore. I tried Squirrel too, but the connection ...