installing Oracle Instantclient on Mac OS/X without setting environment variables?

Question

Oracle\'s instructions specify setting DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH. This makes my application dependent on random users\' configuration and is very troublesome to set up.

How

Answer 1

After much research I found an sustainable solution to this error, that involves editing Apache's launchd configuration .plist file to specify the required DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, ORACLE_HOME, and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables.

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