# Installing Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu 24.04

DevFeed: [Installing Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu 24.04](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/installing-oracle-instant-client-on-ubuntu-24-04-27709.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2024/04/installing-oracle-instant-client-on-ubuntu-24.04/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2024-04-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [docker images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-images.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>)

Tags: [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [debian-oracle-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian-oracle-client.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-images.md>), [glibc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/glibc.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [install-oracle-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install-oracle-client.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-database-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-database-tools.md>), [oracle-client-docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oracle-client-docker.md>), [oracle-instant-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oracle-instant-client.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>), [ubuntu-24-04](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu-24-04.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on installing Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu and Debian, presenting the recommended ZIP-package approach and an alternative RPM-based approach. It focuses on Docker image workflows and discusses library paths, linker cache configuration, package compatibility, and central package repositories.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to install Oracle Instant Client on Ubuntu 24.04 using both recommended and alternative methods, with a focus on Docker images.