Re: Oracle 8.0.5 on LINUX - Shared library problem

Lars Bo Vanting wrote:

> I've installed Oracle 8.0.5 on
>
> my Red Hat 5.2 Linux and the installation was OK (no errors in install log
> files nor during the installation on the screen).
>
> I get the following error when starting oracle executables such as svrmgrl,
> orapwd etc.:
> orapwd: error in loading shared libraries
>
> libclntsh.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> Here are some informations:
>
> [root_at_lbv1 lib]# pwd
> /opt/oracode/oracle/lib
>
> [root_at_lbv1 lib]#
>
> As seen from the above there is a symbolic link from the missing file, so
> why doesn't it work?
> Does anybody have a hint? Thanks in advance

Add path to you Oracle Lib's in to /etc/ld.so.conf: echo /opt/oracode/oracle/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf and run:
ldconfig
or set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable Received on Tue Feb 09 1999 - 06:05:34 CST