Install alien with the command sudo apt-get install alien. This is used to convert RPM packages
Download the Oracle SQL Developer package if you have not done so already.
Run alien on the RPM package: alien -d package.rpm.
Install the package with the command sudo dpkg -i package.deb. If there is a message saying there is a dependency problem while installing it, you can fix it by running sudo apt-get -f install.
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First, make sure you have JDK 7 installed. Then,
- Install alien with the command sudo apt-get install alien. This is used to convert RPM packages
- Download the Oracle SQL Developer package if you have not done so already.
- Run alien on the RPM package: alien -d package.rpm.
- Install the package with the command sudo dpkg -i package.deb. If there is a message saying there is a dependency problem while installing it, you can fix it by running sudo apt-get -f install.