How to install ROracle package on Windows 7?

Question

I\'m trying to install ROracle package on my Windows 7 client. I have Oracle Instant client and Rtools installed, DBI package is istalled, OCI32_LIB environmental variable h

Answer 1

I had this exact problem as well, including the OCI_INC error. They actually talk about it in the INSTALL file in the .tar.gz package, you can read more there.

You have to set the OCI_INC variable to the include directory like this:

set OCI_INC=C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_2\oci\include

Or whereever your file is. Here was my complete setup to get things installed from an Admin privileged command line.

set OCI_LIB64=C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_2\BIN
set OCI_INC=C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_2\oci\include
set PATH=C:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_2\BIN;C:\Rtools\bin;c:\Rtools\gcc-4.6.3\bin;%PATH%
"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-30~1.1/bin/x64/R" CMD INSTALL --build "C:/Your/Path/To/ROracle_1.1-10.tar.gz"

Also, make sure to change client_2 to client_1 and OCI_LIB64 to OCI_LIB32 if you are trying to do a 32-bit install.