[cx-oracle-users] Re: install problem

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Randall Smith wrote:
> I installed the oracle client 8.1.7 on Debian SID.  I have Python 
> version 2.3.3 installed.  I downloaded 
> cx_Oracle-4.0.1-8i-py23-1.i386.rpm and converted it to 
> cx-oracle_4.0.1-2_i386.deb using Alient and installed it.  No errors 
> appeared during the install.
> 
> This is the result:
> 
> Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 24 2004, 09:29:20)
> [GCC 3.3.3 (Debian)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> import cx_Oracle
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> ImportError: libclntsh.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such 
> file or directory
>  >>>
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> Randall
> 

It looks like you've started Python from a session where the Oracle 
libraries are not in the path. Make sure your PATH environment variable 
contains $ORACLE_HOME/bin and that your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment 
variable contains $ORACLE_HOME/lib

Of the two the second will fix your problem but the first is good 
practice and you should always set them as a pair.

Regards,
Andy
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