Installing SQL Developer on Ubuntu 9.04

One of the mayor reasons why I still use my Windows box is because I havent found a subtitute for TOAD. I know I could make it work some how using wine but I just didn’t feel like it. Since Oracle is so Linux supportive I looked for something on their website and for my surprise I found SQLdeveloper. So far, so good! I like it and I am going to start using it for work. Here are the steps I followed to make it work in my Ubuntu 9.04 box:

  1. Install Java JDK sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
  2. Download Oracle SQL Developer for other platforms from Oracle’s website.
  3. Unzipped the package in my /home/{user}/Programs/sqldeveloper
  4. Run the .shsudo sh /home/{user}/Programs/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh
  5. When asked for my Java path wrote the following (be sure about your java version):/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.14
  6. Enjoy!

Since I enjoy launching commands from my Applications menu this is what I did:

  1. System > Preferences > Main Menu
  2. Go to the Programming tab
  3. New Item
  4. Name: SQLdeveloper
  5. Command: sh /home/{user}/Programs/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh
  6. OK

Now I can go to my Applications > Programming and click on my SQLdeveloper icon.

If you have any questions please comment about it or feel free to contact me.

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