To successfully run PL/SQL Developer on wine you need to follow this steps:
0. Review associated bugs and limitations of chosen version and vote for them;
1. Install the latest possible wine version. Please note, in versions 1.3.22 and 1.3.23 there is regression, so do not use them;
2. Download Oracle Instant Client 32bit windows, version 11.1.0.7.0. Higher versions currently hang on use.
3. Unzip it in your drive c oracle directory, presumably .wine/drive_c/oracle;
4. Copy there tnsnames.ora and sqlnet.ora , where your database connection strings are described;
5. Install PL/SQL Developer as usual;
6. When running PL/SQL Developer you need to pass some environment variables to show where Oracle client lives and some language variables: env LC_ALL=bg_BG.UTF-8 ORACLE_HOME="C:\ORACLE" NLS_LANG="BULGARIAN_BULGARIA.CL8MSWIN1251" TNS_ADMIN="C:\ORACLE" wine "C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer\PLSQLDev.exe"
This is the commandline string I use for Bulgarian locale and you should change it for your case.
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Some clarification
by Normunds on Wednesday December 5th 2012, 4:26
Or modify desktop link (PL/SQL Developer -> Properties) modifying "Command" to: env WINEPREFIX="/home//.wine" ORACLE_HOME="C:\\ORACLE" TNS_ADMIN="C:\\ORACLE" wine C:\\Program\ Files\ \(x86\)\\PLSQL\ Developer\\PLSQLDev.exe
Some clarification
by Normunds on Wednesday December 5th 2012, 4:14
Environment: Wine 1.5.18, PL/SQL Developer 9.0.6.1665, Ubuntu 12.10.
1) You have to install gdiplus first via winetricks - just execute "winetricks gdiplus" in terminal. When it is done, run install.
2) to check PL/SQL developer, execute in terminal: env ORACLE_HOME="C:\ORACLE" TNS_ADMIN="C:\ORACLE" wine "C:\Program Files (x86)\PLSQL Developer\PLSQLDev.exe"
then adjust NLS_LANG and prepare sh script.
