Re: Oracle8/Linux - sqlplus won't start

Try for bash or ksh:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

for csh:

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

You'll need this to run just about any oracle binary. You should probably add it to your shell start up file.

kev wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Red Hat 6, and installed Oracle 8 using install instructions
> at
> http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/rh6x.html.
> The patch has been applied.
>
> When I try to run sqlplus by typing 'sqlplus' at the command prompt, I
> get the following error:
>
> sqlplus: error in loading shared libraries: libclntsh.so.1.0: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to "/u01/app/oracle/product/release" if that's of
> any relevance.
>
> How do I cure this problem?
>
> My next question is, do I need to use sqlplus at all?
> I am backing an Oracle database (yet to be written) on to the web using
> PHP. I understand that I can just write my SQL scripts to create the
> tables, etc, in a .sql file and run it from inside svrmgrl using
> @<file>.sql, so why would I need sqlplus anyway?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Kev
Received on Fri Jul 16 1999 - 13:37:18 CDT