How to Install Oracle on a Mac (2020)

Are you for how to install Oracle on a Mac? Oracle doesn’t offer a download of their database (either Oracle Database or Oracle Express) for macOS, so you can’t install it directly on your MacBook or iMac. However, it’s possible to get it running on your Mac using a virtual machine. It’s pretty easy to set up, and Oracle even offers the software and files to do it. The overall steps are (with links): 2:36 - Step 1 - Get VirtualBox 4:29 - Step 2 - Download the Oracle Developer VM 5:47 - Step 3 - Set Up Oracle VM 6:58 - Step 4 - Run the Oracle VM 7:56 - Step 5 - Test Using SQL Developer Watch this video to learn how to set up Oracle on your Mac. /// RESOURCES Get my free SQL Cheat Sheets for Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Postgres here: SQL Roadmap: an overview of SQL topics, which is a great place to start: Contact me here for questions, sponsorship requests, and more: Want to take your database and SQL skills to the next level? Sign up for Database Star Academy, the online platform for database development and SQL. Check it out here: There are a few links mentioned in this video: Oracle VirtualBox download: Oracle Developer Days VM Download: Blog post: How to Install Oracle on a Mac (including steps for resolving installation errors): Blog post: How to Resolve Oracle Connection Issues: