error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.8.0

From: Chaz <chaz_at_ne-worcs.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:33:43 +0100
Message-ID: <aek6u9$7ev6v$1@ID-117927.news.dfncis.de>

I have set up the Oracle 8.1.7 client on a RedHat 7.3 server, and I cannot get sqlplus to run - it produces the following error:

./sqlplus: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have done some research, and the common solution is to add the Oracle /lib to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. However, doing so does not work for me because I cannot find the file libclntshh.so.8.0 anywhere on the server, using either locate or find. I installed the Oracle client using the file http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/oracle8i/linux81701.tar

I am grateful for any help getting it working.

Regards, Chris. Received on Mon Jun 17 2002 - 03:33:43 CDT