by danang.wijanarko@gmail.com
Who you are supposed to be ?
You are a geek ...
You are an integrator or architect ...
You are lost in *nix OS, and forgot how to use m$ windows ...
You are in forced to deal with Big Head Oracle ...
You are jealous that people in m$ windows world easily diggin' to Oracle database using TOAD ...
and you are a handsome guy that using bloody Debian Squeeze !!!
So if you are all of that, lets continue.
Prerequisites
Install the oracle instance client on your Squeeze, take a look on my article "Oracle Instance Client @ Debian Squeeze"
# apt-get install cmake cdbs qt4-qmake libqt4-dev libqscintilla2-dev
# cd /tmp
# apt-get source tora
Build and Install
Get the oracle include path and oracle home path of oracle-instantclient11.1-devel and oracle-instantclient11.1-basiclite
# dpkg -L oracle-instantclient11.1-devel
...
/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client
...
# dpkg -L oracle-instantclient11.1-basiclite
...
/usr/lib/oracle/11.1/client
...
Edit flags to compile with oracle support
# vi /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/cmake.mk
...
DEB_CMAKE_NORMAL_ARGS = ... -DORACLE_INCLUDES="/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client" -DORACLE_HOME="/usr/lib/oracle/11.1/client"
...
Build the debian package
# cd tora-2.0.0/
# ./debian/rules binary
...
dpkg-deb: building package `tora' in `../tora_2.0.0-4_i386.deb'.
...
Install the debian tora package
# dpkg -i tora_2.0.0-4_i386.deb
Test
Run the tora and add the connection like this:

Hope that's help !
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To comply with wheezy
Needed version :
FIles:
Then get, build , and use tora:
Configuration TORA with Oracle
Hi,
I have not the same version, install the 2.1.2-1.
This part of the configuration fails me, I need to use tora could help with postgres on debian linux and Squeeze