[cx-oracle-users] Problems installing cx_oracle on linux 2.4.26 oracle 8.1.7

[Gustavo R. <gu...@gr...>]

Hi All

I'm having problems installing the cx_Oracle. The output is below.
before running python setup.py install

I executed

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib


Thanks
Gustavo

Output:
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running install
running build
running build_ext
building 'cx_Oracle' extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.4
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall 
-Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo 
-I/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/public -I/usr/local/oracle/network/public 
-I/usr/local/include/python2.4 -c cx_Oracle.c -o 
build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/cx_Oracle.o -DBUILD_TIME="December 23, 2005 
07:28:07"
In file included from /usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/oci.h:1648,
                  from cx_Oracle.c:9:
/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/oci1.h:148: warning: function declaration 
isn't a prototype
In file included from /usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/oci.h:1673,
                  from cx_Oracle.c:9:
/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:6271: warning: function declaration 
isn't a prototype
/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:8753: warning: function declaration 
isn't a prototype
/usr/local/oracle/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:8759: warning: function declaration 
isn't a prototype
cx_Oracle.c:10:16: xa.h: No such file or directory
In file included from Variable.c:89,
                  from Cursor.c:211,
                  from Connection.c:303,
                  from cx_Oracle.c:75:
NumberVar.c: In function `NumberVar_SetValue':
NumberVar.c:178: warning: passing arg 4 of `OCINumberFromText' discards 
qualifiers from pointer target type
In file included from Variable.c:93,
                  from Cursor.c:211,
                  from Connection.c:303,
                  from cx_Oracle.c:75:
DateTimeVar.c: In function `DateTimeVar_SetValue':
DateTimeVar.c:81: warning: unused variable `status'
In file included from cx_Oracle.c:75:
Connection.c: In function `Connection_Begin':
Connection.c:650: error: `XID' undeclared (first use in this function)
Connection.c:650: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
Connection.c:650: error: for each function it appears in.)
Connection.c:650: error: parse error before "xid"
Connection.c:658: error: `MAXGTRIDSIZE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
Connection.c:662: error: `MAXBQUALSIZE' undeclared (first use in this 
function)
Connection.c:680: error: `xid' undeclared (first use in this function)
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1