1. Installation and Administration Guide
  2. Install Oracle Machine Learning for R Client
  3. About OML4R Client
  4. About Oracle Database Client Software

6.1.1 About Oracle Database Client Software

ROracle requires an installation of Oracle Database client.

ROracle is one of the supporting packages used by OML4R. It requires an installation of Oracle Database client software to enable communication between an R client and an Oracle Database instance. The database client can be either Oracle Database Client or Oracle Database Instant Client:

  • Oracle Database Client is distributed with Oracle Database and is based in the Oracle home of the database.

  • Oracle Database Instant Client is a free, standalone implementation of Oracle Database Client. Oracle Instant Client is not based in an Oracle home directory and requires less disk space than Oracle Database Client.

Parent topic: About OML4R Client