Download Oracle Softwares Using Wget and Browser

Oracle softwares can be downloaded for free for developing and prototyping your applications (or for strictly self-educational purposes) from its download site. Please read the Development License term for more details. (http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html)

 To download the software, you first need to create an Orcale (some time call Oracle Technology Network) user account here.(https://login.oracle.com/mysso/signon.jsp). Please note, it is different from a MetaLink Support account and MetaLink account can be used as well.  Following show two different ways of downloading the softwares.

1. Download Using Web Browser

It is easy to download using Web Browser. Just select the software from the download list, accept the license agreement, and download and save the software from the browser.

2. Download Using Linux Wget

If you are installing the software in a Linux box or don’t not have access to a browser, you can use wget
(http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) to donwload the software. The syntax to download using wget is:

wget -vv --post -data="remoteIp=globalId=&redirectUrl=username=&password=&submit=Continue" https://profile.oracle.com/jsp/reg/loginHandler.jsp -o

Where:
remote IP = ip address of the server where wget is issued
login id = oracle account login id
password=oracle account password.
Log file = log file which can use to log information for the download. Just pick a file name.
download path and file name = the directory and file name of the file you want to download.
 
To get the download path and file name information, try to download the file from a browser. After starting the download, copy the url from the browser and past it on the notepad. For example, assuming your want to download database 10g, the url you copy will look like this:

https://profile.oracle.com/jsp/realms/otnLogin.jsp?remoteIp=192.168.1.1&globalId=&redirectUrl=http%3a%2f%2fdownload-llnw.oracle.com%3a80%2fotn%2flinux%2foracle10g%2f10201%2f10201_database_linux32.zip

And the download path and file is:
http%3a%2f%2fdownload-llnw.oracle.com%3a80%2fotn%2flinux%2foracle10g%2f10201%2f10201_database_linux32.zip

For example, to download the  database 10g (10.0.2.1); and, remote IP = 192.168.1.1, oracle account id = bobsmith, password = password and log file = ora.log. The wget command is:

wget -vv --post-data="remoteIp=192.168.1.1&globalId=&redirectUrl=http:%2F%2Fdownload-llnw.oracle.com:80%2fotn%2flinux%2foracle10g%2f10201%2f10201_database_linux32.zip&username=bobsmith&password=password&submit=Continue" https://profile.oracle.com/jsp/reg/loginHandler.jsp -o ora.log

Please note, --post-data is one parameter.
Check the log file for error after the download to make sure a completed file was downloaded.

References:

• Oracle Technology Network
• Other References On the Web

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