Download an Oracle rpm to Server using wget

If you’ve tried to download Oracle 10g express database (or any oracle rpm) from their website using wget, you’ve probably hit a bit of a brick wall that looks like an oracle login page. Then, when you try to wget using the link to the rpm you’ve also been unsuccessful.  So, Here’s your solution:

$ wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle10g/xe/10201/oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm

https://profile.oracle.com/jsp/realms/otnLogin.jsp?remoteIp=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx&globalId=&redirectUrl=http%3a%2f%2fdownload-llnw.oracle.com%3a80%2fotn%2flinux%2foracle10g%2fxe%2f10201%2foracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm

Take note of this and craft the following wget:

wget -c --no-check-certificate "https://profile.oracle.com/jsp/reg/loginHandler.jsp?remoteIp=174.xxx.xxx.xxx&globalId=&redirectUrl=http:%2F%2Fdownload-llnw.oracle.com:80%2Fotn%2Flinux%2Foracle10g%2Fxe%2F10201%2Foracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm&username=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD"

You will still need an username/pass for this, so create yourself a free account on their website. Best of luck!