Tag: Oracle

How to install Oracle Database 18c XE on Linux 8

It has been more than two and a half years since Oracle 18c XE has been released for Linux. Since then things have changed and one of these changes was the release of Linux 8 about nine months later. Unfortunately, installing Oracle 18c XE on Linux 8 is no longer quite as straightforward as it was with Linux 7 – a simple yum command. That is because the oracle-database-preinstall-18c is not provided for Linux 8. However, installing Oracle 18c XE on Linux 8 is still possible, it just requires a few more keystrokes.

tl;dr

Execute all commands as root user:

  1. curl -OL https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/otn_software/db-express/oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
  2. dnf install -y /bin/bash /bin/sh /etc/redhat-release bc bind-utils binutils ethtool glibc glibc-devel initscripts ksh libaio libaio-devel libgcc libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make module-init-tools net-tools nfs-utils openssh-clients pam procps psmisc smartmontools sysstat unzip util-linux-ng xorg-x11-utils xorg-x11-xauth libnsl
  3. rpm -i --nodeps oracle-database-xe-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
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Oracle Database client libraries for Java now on Maven Central

Oracle has published its Oracle Database JDBC client libraries on Maven Central. From Apache Mavennow on you can find Oracle Database related jar files under the com.oracle.database group id. You will find all libraries from version 11.2.0.4 (e.g. ojdbc6) to 19.3.0 (e.g. ojdbc10).

Going forward, Oracle will use Maven Central as one of the primary distribution mechanisms for Oracle Database Java client libraries, meaning that you will also be able to find new versions of these libraries on Maven Central in the future.

To get the latest Oracle Database JDBC driver, use the following dependency GAV in your Maven POM file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
    <artifactId>ojdbc10</artifactId>
    <version>19.3.0.0</version>
</dependency>

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Building the world’s largest Raspberry Pi cluster

Oracle’s Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, the largest Raspberry Pi cluster known to exist, got awarded one of the Top 10 Raspberry Pi Projects of 2019 from Tom’s Hardware.

Here is its story.

Oracle Raspberry Pi Supercomputer
Image credit: ServeTheHome

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MuShop – A cloud-native reference app for Oracle Cloud

MyShop RunningMuShop is a cloud-native reference showcase app of several Oracle Cloud services. The app implements an e-commerce site for cat products built as a set of Microservices. The name MuShop leans on the term Microservices: Microservices –> μ –> Mu –> Meow –> MuShop. The code itself is hosted on GitHub. There are two implementations of MuShop, one is the Basic Deployment which runs entirely on the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. The other one is the Complete Deployment which is deployed on a Kubernetes cluster such as Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE). In this post, I will cover the Basic Deployment of MuShop.

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5 ways to get an Oracle Database

With great technology comes great possibility

Do you want to get your hands on an Oracle Database but don’t know how? Here are 5 ways to get you going.

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