Re: DBD::Oracle 1.15 linking path problems with Oracle9i

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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:56:26 +0100
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Marko Asplund wrote:
> hi
>
> i'm compiling DBD::Oracle on Red Hat Linux 8.0 and HP-UX 11.00 against
> Oracle9iR2 client libraries. the compilation process goes without
> problems but the resulting DBD::Oracle library gets linked against
> libraries in the wrong path. Oracle9i libraries are installed under
> /opt/oracle9i but linked in /opt/kronodoc and the ORACLE_HOME is set to
> /opt/kronodoc/oracle9i/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0 during DBD::Oracle
> compilation. the resulting DBD::Oracle library is linked against the
> libwtc9.so library in the wrong path according to ldd:
 
 [snip]

> how can i link DBD::Oracle against the Oracle libraries in
> /opt/kronodoc/oracle9i, not /opt/oracle9i?

In short, you can't. This is not a problem specific to DBD::Oracle.
It applies to all programs linked to Oracle 9i client libraries.

What has happened is that the name /opt/oracle9i has been bound
into the run-time path of the Oracle libraries themselves. This
binding took place at install time. (This is why some Oracle
documentation says that soft links to ORACLE_HOME directories
are not supported).

This may be better with the Oracle 10g "Instant Client", but I
haven't checked yet.

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