Install squirrel thin client on unix for Oracle

Install squirrel client for oracle
squirrel client for oracle on unix
Thin client (squirrel) for Oracle


First download the squirrel client in this site http://www.squirrelsql.org/


squirrel-sql-3.2.1-install.jar




apt-amd-02:/home/anujs/Downloads # which java
/usr/bin/java

To Install jar file

apt-amd-02:/home/anujs/Downloads # java -jar squirrel-sql-3.2.1-install.jar

then go to this dir , you will able to see this

apt-amd-02:/home/anujs/Downloads # cd /usr/local/squirrel-sql-3.2.1
apt-amd-02:/usr/local/squirrel-sql-3.2.1 # ls -ltr
total 1924
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400 2010-12-29 21:56 update-log4j.properties
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308 2010-12-29 21:56 log4j.properties
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23 2010-12-29 21:56 addpath.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1922111 2010-12-29 23:59 squirrel-sql.jar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 24 2011-04-01 11:26 update
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 71 2011-04-01 11:26 icons
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2011-04-01 11:26 doc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-04-01 11:26 lib
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2011-04-01 11:26 plugins
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3244 2011-04-01 11:26 squirrel-sql.bat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4529 2011-04-01 11:26 squirrel-sql.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 53 2011-04-01 11:26 Uninstaller
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4587 2011-04-01 11:26 .installationinformation


then download this jar file from oracle site

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-90769.html

-rw-r--r-- 1 anujs users 1988051 2011-04-01 12:38 ojdbc6.jar


copy this file to in this dir

cp ojdbc6.jar /usr/local/squirrel-sql-3.2.1/lib/


To run squirrel client

apt-amd-02:/usr/local/squirrel-sql-3.2.1 # ./squirrel-sql.sh


jdbc:oracle:thin:@server:1521:database_name

jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.2.251:1521:orcl