Preface
This guide explains how to install and configure Oracle AI Database Free on Linux x86–64 and Linux for Arm (aarch64).
This guide also provides information about resources available to develop applications and how to remove the database software.
Audience
This guide is intended primarily for application developers who are either developing applications or converting applications to run in the Oracle AI Database environment.
Oracle AI Database Free is a free version of the world's most advanced database. Oracle AI Database Free is easy to install, easy to manage, and easy to develop with. With Oracle AI Database Free, you use an intuitive, browser-based interface to administer the database, create tables, views, and other database objects, import, export, and view table data, run queries and SQL scripts, and generate reports.
Command Syntax
Refer to these command syntax conventions to understand command examples in this guide.
| Convention | Description |
|---|---|
$ | Bourne or BASH shell prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command. |
% | C Shell prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command. |
# | Superuser (root) prompt in a command example. Do not enter the prompt as part of the command. |
monospace | UNIX command syntax |
| backslash \ | A backslash is the UNIX and Linux command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command as displayed (with a backslash) or enter it on a single line without a backslash: |
| braces { } | Braces indicate required items: |
| brackets [ ] | Brackets indicate optional items: |
| ellipses ... | Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items: |
| italic | Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable: |
| vertical line | | A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets: |
Related Documents
To help you with your development efforts, consult the books in the development category of the Oracle AI Database documentation set.
For more information, see these documents in the Oracle AI Database documentation set:
- Oracle AI Database SQL Language Reference
- Oracle AI Database PL/SQL Language Reference
- Oracle AI Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference
- Oracle AI Database JSON Developer’s Guide
- Oracle AI Database Development Guide
- Oracle AI Database Administrator’s Guide
- Oracle AI Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide
- Oracle AI Database Object-Relational Developer's Guide
- Oracle AI Database Concepts
- Oracle AI Database Sample Schemas
- Oracle APEX Documentation
- Application Development with Oracle AI Database
Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document:
| Convention | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boldface | Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. |
| italic | Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. |
monospace | Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or |