installing cx_Oracle.

[Bill Scherer]

Bill Scherer wrote:
> Carl K wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to use this:
>> http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/html/cx_Oracle.html
>> it is a real module, right?
>>   
>>     
> It is indeed.
>   
>> sudo easy_install cx_Oracle did not easy_install cx_Oracle.
>>
>> http://www.python.org/pypi/cx_Oracle/4.3.1 doesn't give me any clue.
>>
>> I got the source from
>> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cx-oracle/cx_Oracle-4.3.1.tar.gz?download
>>
>> carl at dell17:~/a/cx_Oracle-4.3.1$ python setup.py build
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>    File "setup.py", line 36, in ?
>>      oracleHome = os.environ["ORACLE_HOME"]
>>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/UserDict.py", line 17, in __getitem__
>>      def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[key]
>> KeyError: 'ORACLE_HOME'
>>   
>>     
> You have an oracle client installed, right? If not, go get an Instant 
> Client:
>
> http://www.*oracle*.com/technology/software/tech/oci/*instant**client*/index.html
>   
muh. Sorry for the mangled url. try this one instead:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html

>
> Then you need to set an environment variable, ORACLE_HOME, to point to 
> the root of the oracle client installation so that the cx_Oracle 
> installer can find the oracle libraries to build with.
>
>   
>> Now I don't really know whos problem this is.
>>
>> Carl K
>>   
>>