[cx-oracle-users] cannot locate an Oracle software installation

Hi,

I'm trying to install cx_Oracle 5.1.2 on Debian (32-bit, wheezy)
where I have installed Oracle XE 10g (installed from .deb packages
still available from oss.oracle.com).

I've read BUILD.txt and README.txt and I believe I'm following those
steps correctly, but the installation fails to locate Oracle.

Here is my environment:

$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server
$ echo $PATH
/home/mloskot/bin:/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/mes:/usr/games

Here is the error:

$ sudo python setup.py install
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 133, in <module>
    raise DistutilsSetupError("cannot locate an Oracle software " \
distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software
installation


Quick inspection of setup.py and print-based debugging added in line 96

print(version, fileName, os.path.exists(fileName), subDirs)

seems to suggest that my ORACLE_HOME is not being searched
for client libraries:

mloskot cx_Oracle-5.1.2 $ sudo python setup.py install
('11g', '/usr/local/sbin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/usr/local/sbin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/usr/local/sbin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('11g', '/usr/local/bin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/usr/local/bin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/usr/local/bin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('11g', '/usr/sbin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/usr/sbin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/usr/sbin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('11g', '/usr/bin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/usr/bin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/usr/bin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('11g', '/sbin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/sbin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/sbin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('11g', '/bin/libclntsh.so.11.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('10g', '/bin/libclntsh.so.10.1', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
('9i', '/bin/libclntsh.so.9.0', False, ['lib', 'lib32'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 133, in <module>
    raise DistutilsSetupError("cannot locate an Oracle software " \
distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software
installation
mloskot cx_Oracle-5.1.2 $

Am I missing any steps?

Best regards,
--
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net