Carl K wrote: > Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. > > $ export ORACLE_HOME > $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client > $ python setup.py build > $ sudo python setup.py install > > $ python -c "import cx_Oracle" > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in ? > ImportError: libclntsh.so.10.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file > or > directory > > guessing I need to add > /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib/ > to some path? > You can `export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client/lib`
or (assuming a recent RedHat linux (or similar) now), put that path in a file, /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle.conf and run /sbin/ldconfig You'll find the latter operation to be persistent, and the former is not. > btw - anyone know of a .deb that will install this? > > Carl K > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
