Oracle has debian repository!
Oracle is involved in the linux community for some time now. Until oracle XE, oracle distributed its software the normal way (for all unix likes in gzipped cpio archives). I’ve seen some software been distributed as rpm archive (redhat package manager), but now oracle also has distributed the oracle XE database as deb archive.
That is good news for debian lovers, but oracle has done even more: they have setup a debian repository, so you can download and install software using aptitude or apt-get!
How do we setup a connection to the oracle debian repository?
Goto /etc/apt/sources.list, and add the following lines:
# oracle
deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free
Next, update the repository information on your debian machine:
frits@bedrock:~$ sudo apt-get update
Now we are able to install the following software from the oracle repository:
-libaio
-oracle xe client
-oracle xe
-oracle xe universal
Please note the installation process tells the packages are not (gpg) signed. It would be convenient if oracle adds an gpg key, so we can add this to the keyring.
Way to go oracle! I challenge oracle to release more software in the deb package format, and put it in the repository!
Another thing comes to mind: how about a yum repository for the oracle software also?
March 28th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
This is an good idea! Was Oracle don’t free database?!?!?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Where are the backports for Debain sarge?
March 28th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Reply to lombra:
Indeed, the enterprise, standard and standard edition one of the oracle database are non-free.
The oracle XE is free to use (NOT open source!), but limited
Reply to cyber_rigger:
Oracle XE is intended to run on sarge!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
That will be very nice if Debian becomes an officially supported distro by Oracle. May be this is the first step.
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March 28th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Reply to Fabio Brito:
Debian sarge is supported for oracle XE. I agree it would be nice to have sarge supported for the non-restricted database versions. (It is possible to make oracle EE working on sarge, see oracle’s technet)
Another thing we really would like to see is the oracle client in the repository!
Reply to PsychoPenguin Weblog:
I’m sorry, I don’t understand. I am restricted to dutch, english, german and french. Could you translate?
March 29th, 2006 at 8:03 am
Unless Oracle makes its version Free Software, this is uninteresting to anyone interested in the Debian Social Contract. There is already one industry-strengt database in Debian and that’s PostgreSQL.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Reply to michael kallas:
That is completely true, if oracle wants to incorporate their software in the debian software tree. I can assure you that is not oracle’s intention.
The point here is oracle takes interest in supporting debian (at a certain level), and makes some software available in a debianized way, which makes it easy to install and maintain.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:43 am
sarge != unstable
Also, be good if oracle uploaded to debian-unofficial.org instead, and used the libaio that is already in debian.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:54 am
reply to pabs:
I think oracle uses ‘unstable’ for their point of view of the software, not to call sarge unstable or something. (debian and the oracle software will not be as extensively be tested as redhat at oracle, because there is no business need at this point (and no organisation to pay for it). On the other hand, I assume they have tested it at a certain level, to deliver a certain degree of stability on debian.)
To be honest, I wasn’t aware of debian-unofficial.org too. Quite interesting to know some software is administered for debian, although it can not be incorporated in debian because of the Debain Social Contract. I hope we are able to reach oracle this way!
March 29th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
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March 30th, 2006 at 9:58 am
Michael Kallas: Oracle having a Debian repository is already a giant leap towards full support of the Debian platform from Oracle. This might probably convince sysadmins to give Debian a chance against Red Hat or other commercial distros, much more than any FSF propaganda. PostgreSQL, as good as it is, and it is _very_ good indeed, can’t stand a chance against Oracle in some cases.
Nice move from Oracle. Let’s hope they won’t get discouraged by this kind of pointless zealots.
April 1st, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Err http://oss.oracle.com unstable/main Packages
404 Not Found
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com breezy-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
Err http://oss.oracle.com unstable/non-free Packages
404 Not Found
Fetched 168kB in 2s (65.8kB/s)
Failed to fetch http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
Reading package lists… Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
April 4th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
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April 5th, 2006 at 10:33 am
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April 5th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Nice to see. Hopefully they willprovide packages for other platforms — I’m interested in powerpc (64 bit). Others will also be interested in 32_64 binaries as well.
Is there some way of lettingthem know that there is a demand for these?
April 5th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
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April 5th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
Yes, it’s only for i386 for now.
I am not related to oracle corp. in any way, so I do not know how I/we can infuence oracle to make packages for other debian architectures, like amd64 or ppc, besides asking. I hope they read your comments or my blog:-)
I only speak/write english, dutch, german and french. I cannot read the last comment
April 11th, 2006 at 12:52 am
Administrator Says:
…>I only speak/write english, dutch, german and french.”
Now it’s time to begin speaking oracle !
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November 26th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
Nice to see. Hopefully they willprovide packages for other platforms — I’m interested in powerpc (64 bit). Others will also be interested in 32_64 binaries as well.
Is there some way of lettingthem know that there is a demand for these?
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May 2nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Nice to see. Hopefully they willprovide packages for other platforms — I’m interested in powerpc (64 bit). Others will also be interested in 32_64 binaries as well.
Is there some way of lettingthem know that there is a demand for these?
May 11th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Regarding a signing key, from: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/install/xe-on-kubuntu.html
wget http://oss.oracle.com/el4/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle -O- | sudo apt-key add -
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June 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Oracle did nearly succesful install on i386 debian etch, but on AMD64 it was impossible,
Failed to fetch http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/Release
Unable to find expected entry
main/binary-amd64/Packages
in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
I hope that can be possible for Oracle to make an AMD64 port.
It is to much to ask for an Open Source version.
If that can be released, then I am sure it will be far easier for the maintainers.
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July 2nd, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’ve seen some software been distributed as rpm archive (redhat package manager), but now oracle also has distributed the oracle XE database as deb archive.
July 11th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I challenge oracle to release more software in the deb package format, and put it in the repository!
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October 12th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Wow, that is good news. While I’m not a major debian user, I know how much this will help. Being able to directly use aptitude and apt-get to download and install software right off of Oracle’s debian repository makes thing so much easier for debian users. I would be really nice if the would add that gpg key, but even if they don’t, it’s not that big of a problem. It’s nice to see a company like Oracle working to do something that users will really find useful instead of simply trying to make another quick buck (Oracle has never really been like that). And thank you very much for letting everyone know about the debian repository and for posting the instructions on how to connect to it. I’m sure they have helped a lot of Oracle users.
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June 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
reply to pabs:
I think oracle uses ‘unstable’ for their point of view of the software, not to call sarge unstable or something. (debian and the oracle software will not be as extensively be tested as redhat at oracle, because there is no business need at this point (and no organisation to pay for it). On the other hand, I assume they have tested it at a certain level, to deliver a certain degree of stability on debian.)
To be honest, I wasn’t aware of debian-unofficial.org too. Quite interesting to know some software is administered for debian, although it can not be incorporated in debian because of the Debain Social Contract. I hope we are able to reach oracle this way!
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September 12th, 2008 at 8:16 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Unless Oracle makes its version Free Software, this is uninteresting to anyone interested in the Debian Social Contract. There is already one industry-strengt database in Debian and that’s PostgreSQL.
September 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Unless Oracle makes its version Free Software, this is uninteresting to anyone interested in the Debian Social Contract. There is already one industry-strengt database in Debian and that’s PostgreSQL.
September 13th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
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September 23rd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
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January 27th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
would like to see is the oracle client in the repository!
March 16th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
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Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! great article thank you.
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Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! great article thank you.
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April 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! great article thank you.
April 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
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April 26th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
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April 29th, 2009 at 3:00 am
I’m not quite familiar with oracle but if it’s dealing with open source then, it’ll be a great deal.
April 30th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository!very good great article thank you.
July 6th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! great article thank you.
July 7th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository!very good great article thank you.
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July 7th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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July 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I’ve seen some software been distributed as rpm archive (redhat package manager), but now oracle also has distributed the oracle XE database as deb archive.
August 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! very nice. thank you.
August 7th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! very good. thank you
August 7th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Frits Hoogland Weblog » Blog Archive » Oracle has debian repository! great article thank you.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Unless Oracle makes its version Free Software, this is uninteresting to anyone interested in the Debian Social Contract. There is already one industry-strengt database in Debian and that’s PostgreSQL.
August 24th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Debian sarge is supported for oracle XE. I agree it would be nice to have sarge supported for the non-restricted database versions. (It is possible to make oracle EE working on sarge, see oracle’s technet)
August 26th, 2009 at 10:35 am
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:13 am
what else