Step 1C: Once the file is downloaded, open it. dmg file, which is the installer file for Mac. The current version is shown at the top of the page (currently it is 6.2.6). Step 1A: Go to the VirtualBox website: (opens in new tab). One alternative is Parallels, which I explain at the end of this guide. I suggest VirtualBox because it’s free, and Oracle provides a ready-made file that you can use with it.

It will let you run a Windows or Linux operating system inside your Mac. This program allows you to run virtual machines, which are self-contained operating systems.

The first step to getting Oracle on your Mac is to download a program called VirtualBox. If you really want to use Oracle on a Mac, but don’t quite meet the requirements, you can use Oracle Live SQL, which is a web-based Oracle database.Īssuming you want to install Oracle on your Mac, let’s look at the steps. MacBook Airs are not designed to be able to run intensive programs such as VMs. On my previous MacBook Air (2015, 4GB RAM), it actually ran pretty slowly, because the 4GB RAM is split with 2GB for the VM and 2 GB for the Mac OS, bringing both systems to a crawl. My current Mac is a 2018 MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB hard drive, which runs the VM pretty well. Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher, Internet Explorer 7 or higher, Safari 3.0 and higher or Google Chrome 1.0 or higher

I’ve documented the entire process here if you want to try that method instead: How to Set Up a Database on Docker. I believe using Docker is a simpler process and seems to less resource-intensive than a Virtual Machine. Note: An alternative to using a Virtual Machine is using Docker. To get set up with Oracle on your Mac, the general process is shown below. The good news is that you can use a Virtual Machine. You can’t install Oracle Express, for example, in the same way that you can on a Windows computer. Oracle doesn’t support running an Oracle database directly on a Mac computer. Installing an Oracle database on a Mac computer is a bit different from installing it on a Windows or Linux computer.

Alternative to VirtualBox: Use Parallels.

Step 2: Download the Oracle Developer VM.

Continuing my DD series to Oracle Free Tier VM (1oCPU, 1GB RAM), this video shows the process for Win10.

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