1. Installation Guide
  2. Preface

Preface

This guide explains how to install and configure Oracle Database Free on Linux x86–64 and Linux for Arm (aarch64).

This guide also provides information about resources available to develop applications and how to remove the database software.

Audience

This guide is intended primarily for application developers who are either developing applications or converting applications to run in the Oracle Database environment.

Oracle Database Free is a free version of the world's most advanced database. Oracle Database Free is easy to install, easy to manage, and easy to develop with. With Oracle Database Free, you use an intuitive, browser-based interface to administer the database, create tables, views, and other database objects, import, export, and view table data, run queries and SQL scripts, and generate reports.

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Access to Oracle Support

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Command Syntax

Refer to these command syntax conventions to understand command examples in this guide.

Convention Description
$ Bourne or BASH shell prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command.
% C Shell prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command.
# Superuser (root) prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command.
monospace UNIX command syntax

backslash \

A backslash is the UNIX and Linux command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command as displayed (with a backslash) or enter it on a single line without a backslash:

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b \  count=10000

braces { }

Braces indicate required items:

.DEFINE {macro1}

brackets [ ]

Brackets indicate optional items:

cvtcrt termname [outfile]

ellipses ...

Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items:

CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2 ... valueN

italic

Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable:

library_name

vertical line |

A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets:

FILE filesize [K|M]

Related Documents

To help you with your development efforts, consult the books in the development category of the Oracle Database documentation set.

For more information, see these documents in the Oracle Database documentation set:

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:
Convention Meaning

boldface

Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.

italic

Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.

monospace

Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.