Updated: 4 October, 2021

Recently, we added Oracle Instant Client RPMs to the yum servers inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Those yum servers are accessible from systems within OCI only. Today, I’m pleased to announce we added Oracle Instant Client RPMs to Oracle Linux yum server. That’s right, no more manual steps to accept a license before you can download Oracle Instant Client. Simply run yum install from any Oracle Linux system connected to the Internet.

Installing Instant Client 21c or newer

As of release 21, Instant Client packages no longer include the release number as part of the RPM name. Yum/dnf configuration files are delivered via the packages oracle-instantclient-release-el8 and oracle-instantclient-release-el7, respectively. Once configured with one of these packages, yum or dnf will always install or update to the latest available Instant Client by simply referencing, oracle-instantclient-basic, for example. For Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 7, the following will install the latest available Instant Client Basic package:

Oracle Linux 8

sudo dnf install oracle-instantclient-release-el8  
sudo dnf install oracle-instantclient-basic

Oracle Linux 7

sudo yum install oracle-instantclient-release-el7  
sudo yum install oracle-instantclient-basic

For the latest about Instant Client on Oracle Linux yum server, more details about earlier versions, and Instant Client for Arm-based systems keep an eye on this page

Conclusion

With Oracle Instant Client RPMs now on our publicly available Oracle Linux yum server, it’s even easier to develop and deploy applications for Oracle Database.