Best for automated installations on Oracle Linux, RHEL, or CentOS using yum or dnf . You can find 19c RPMs directly at yum.oracle.com.
The form asked for his phone number. His address. His job title. His firstborn's blood type. He filled it all out, fingers flying, the verification email taking an eternity that stretched from 3:52 to what felt like 3:55.
Oracle provides a checksum (MD5 or SHA256) on the download page. Run a hash check to ensure the file is not corrupted.
wget --http-user=user@example.com --http-password=your_password "copied_link_url" -O client19c.zip
He had the client now. And he was never, ever going to lose it again.