See the Instant Client Home Page for more information about Instant Client.
The installation instructions are at the foot of the page.
Oracle Client-to-Oracle Database version interoperability is detailed in Doc ID 207303.1. For example, applications using Oracle Call Interface 19 can connect to Oracle Database 11.2 or later. Some tools may have other restrictions.
Permanent links to the latest packages are: Basic, Basic Light, SQL*Plus, Tools, SDK, JDBC Supplement , ODBC
Base - one of these packages is required
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Package | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC:OCI applications (83,142,984 bytes) (cksum - 4043771063) Review the Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Client Installation. Note Windows 7 is not supported. The 21c Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Redistributable. | |
| Basic Light Package | Smaller version of the Basic package, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (40,269,980 bytes) (cksum - 3439364806) Review the Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Client Installation. Note Windows 7 is not supported. The 21.9 Basic Light package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Redistributable. |
Tools - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SQL*Plus Package | The SQL*Plus command line tool for SQL and PL/SQL queries (1,019,883 bytes) (cksum - 3112701898) | |
| Tools Package | Includes Data Pump, SQL*Loader and Workload Replay Client (1,151,149 bytes) (cksum - 1832180642) |
Development and Runtime - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SDK Package | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (1,429,027 bytes) (cksum - 1472476056) | |
| JDBC Supplement Package | Additional support for Internationalization under JDBC (1,586,895 bytes) (cksum - 4209584449) | |
| ODBC Package | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (1,029,085 bytes) (cksum - 902195586) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for Pro*C and Pro*COBOL |
Base - one of these packages is required
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Package | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC:OCI applications (80,370,273 bytes) (cksum - 4086933645) Review the Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Client Installation. Note Windows 7 is not supported. The 19c Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Redistributable. | |
| Basic Light Package | Smaller version of the Basic package, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (40,112,172 bytes) (cksum - 3823636269) Review the Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Client Installation. Note Windows 7 is not supported. The 19.18 Basic Light package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Redistributable. |
Tools - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SQL*Plus Package | The SQL*Plus command line tool for SQL and PL/SQL queries (974,382 bytes) (cksum - 4124249090) | |
| Tools Package | Includes Data Pump, SQL*Loader and Workload Replay Client (1,207,099 bytes) (cksum - 3753641814) |
Development and Runtime - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SDK Package | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (1,877,447 bytes) (cksum - 2091690393) | |
| JDBC Supplement Package | Additional support for Internationalization under JDBC (1,586,270 bytes) (cksum - 2919355553) | |
| ODBC Package | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (862,859 bytes) (cksum - 2639745217) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for Pro*C and Pro*COBOL |
Base - one of these packages is required
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Package | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC:OCI applications (77,769,261 bytes) (cksum - 1317689833) The 18.5 Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable | |
| Basic Light Package | Smaller version of the Basic package, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (39,177,858 bytes) (cksum - 2058932148) The 18.5 Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable. |
Tools - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SQL*Plus Package | The SQL*Plus command line tool for SQL and PL/SQL queries (974,185 bytes) (cksum - 3454636626) | |
| Tools Package | Includes Data Pump, SQL*Loader and Workload Replay Client (1,004,204 bytes) (cksum - 1254374575) |
Development and Runtime - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SDK Package | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (1,829,323 bytes) (cksum - 1367867993) | |
| JDBC Supplement Package | Additional support for Internationalization under JDBC (1,581,831 bytes) (cksum - 2123195004) | |
| ODBC Package | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (766,984 bytes) (cksum - 2984061786) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for Pro*C and Pro*COBOL |
Base - one of these packages is required
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Package | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC:OCI applications (75,062,441 bytes) (cksum - 1462971172) The 12.2 Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable. | |
| Basic Light Package | Smaller version of the Basic package, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (37,128,586 bytes) (cksum - 865082268) The 12.2 Basic Light package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable. |
Tools - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SQL*Plus Package | The SQL*Plus command line tool for SQL and PL/SQL queries (959,896 bytes) (cksum - 3056233076) | |
| Tools Package | Includes Data Pump, SQL*Loader and Workload Replay Client (1,016,027 bytes) (cksum - 3645067508) |
Development and Runtime - optional packages
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| SDK Package | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (1,801,992 bytes) (cksum - 3191784704) | |
| JDBC Supplement Package | Additional support for Internationalization under JDBC (1,576,298 bytes) (cksum - 2378954267) | |
| ODBC Package | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (Updated 9/20/2017) (804,715 bytes) (cksum - 1844846476) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for "proc" binary and related files to precompile a Pro*C application and demo |
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instant Client Package - Basic | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications (72,416,242 bytes) (cksum - 1751087003) The 12.1 Basic package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Redistributable. | |
| Instant Client Package - Basic Light | Smaller version of the Basic, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (38,837,115 bytes) (cksum - 1745949615) The 12.1 Basic Light package requires the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Redistributable. | |
| Instant Client Package - JDBC Supplement | Additional support for XA, Internationalization, and RowSet operations under JDBC (1,574,297 bytes) (cksum - 3613358776) | |
| Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus | Additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client (876,515 bytes) (cksum - 1826332995) | |
| Instant Client Package - SDK | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (2,748,874 bytes) (cksum - 1448203088) | |
| Instant Client Package - ODBC | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (518,721 bytes) (cksum - 675718609) | |
| Instant Client Package - WRC | Workload Replay Client used to replay workload for RAT's DB Replay Feature (15,237 bytes) (cksum - 2158108932) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for "proc" binary and related files to precompile a Pro*C application and demo |
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instant Client Package - Basic | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications (54,956,947 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - Basic Light | Smaller version of the Basic, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (10.2 only) (23,504,640 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - JDBC Supplement | Additional support for XA, Internationalization, and RowSet operations under JDBC (1,565,996 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus | Additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client (821,172 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SDK | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (1,446,625 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - ODBC | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (1,358,385 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - WRC | Workload Replay Client used to replay workload for RAT's DB Replay Feature (13,542 bytes) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for "proc" binary and related files to precompile a Pro*C application and demo |
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instant Client Package - Basic | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications (49,416,845 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - Basic Light | Smaller version of the Basic, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (10.2 only) (20,050,763 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - JDBC Supplement | Additional support for XA, Internationalization, and RowSet operations under JDBC (1,563,961 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus | Additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client (828,923 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SDK | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (897,394 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - ODBC | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (1,322,266 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - WRC | Workload Replay Client used to replay workload for RAT's DB Replay Feature (5,076 bytes) | |
| Precompiler Package | Precompiler Downloads | Additional files for "proc" binary and related files to precompile a Pro*C application and demo |
Name |
Download |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instant Client Package - Basic | All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications (36,255,100 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - Basic Light | Smaller version of the Basic, with only English error messages and Unicode, ASCII, and Western European character set support (10.2 only) (12,218,457 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - JDBC Supplement | Additional support for XA, Internationalization, and RowSet operations under JDBC (1,475,200 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SQL*Plus | Additional libraries and executable for running SQL*Plus with Instant Client (764,303 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - SDK | Additional header files and an example makefile for developing Oracle applications with Instant Client (802,412 bytes) | |
| Instant Client Package - ODBC | Additional libraries for enabling ODBC applications (1,324,040 bytes) |
See the Instant Client Home Page for more information about Instant Client packages.
Client-server version interoperability is detailed in Doc ID 207303.1. For example, Oracle Call Interface 19, 18 and 12.2 can connect to Oracle Database 11.2 or later. Some tools may have other restrictions.
C:\oracle\instantclient_19_3PATH environment variable. If you have multiple versions of Oracle libraries installed, make sure the new directory occurs first in the path. Restart any terminal windows or otherwise make sure the new PATH is used by your applications.C:\oracle\instantclient_19_3\network\adminThis is the default Oracle client configuration directory for applications linked with this Instant Client.
Alternatively, Oracle client configuration files can be put in another, accessible directory. Then set the environment variable TNS_ADMIN to that directory name.
ODBC users should follow the ODBC Installation Instructions.