There are several packages but few package you might be interested would be basic package and SQL*Plus package, additionally you can download ODBC or JDBC packages and SDK depending on application requirements.

The latest version available as of today is Version 12.2.0.1.0 (64-bit) for Mac OS. In order to install Oracle Insta Client you need to download the binaries from Oracle Website- download at lest basic and SQL*Plus package or all of them(Please note size of these binaries are very less compare to Full Oracle client). Though you can install Instant client on all supported operating system I will show how it can be done on Mac OS.Ĭonfiguring Oracle Insta Client on Mac OS Oracle Instant Client libraries provide the necessary network connectivity to oracle database, tools like SQL*Plus, Data Pump etc to make full use of Oracle Database. Oracle databases can reside either locally on traditional databases systems, Engineered System, or remotely to Oracle Public Cloud including, Oracle Autonomous DataWarehouse,Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing system or any other cloud variant of oracle database.

It is a free, light-weight, and easy to install Oracle Database packages, libraries and SDKs commonly used for either building or connecting applications to an Oracle Database instance.

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