Re: error while loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.8.0

In article <aek6u9$7ev6v$1_at_ID-117927.news.dfncis.de>,  "Chaz" <chaz_at_ne-worcs.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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.

First, let me emphasize that this absolutely MAY NOT WORK.

Having encountered this scenario once or twice before, I found that SOMETIMES the trick is to create a symlink to libclntsh.so.1:

% ln -s $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libclntsh.so.1 $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libclntsh.so.8.0

Hth

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