Issue building cx_Oracle - libclntsh.so.11.1 => not found

Question

I\'m trying to build cx_Oracle for a Python 2.7.2 and Oracle 11g installation but the built cx_Oracle.so cannot find libclntsh.so.11.1 so importing cx_Oracle in Python fails

Answer 1

Many oracle products install oraenv. It will set, among other environment variables, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so consider running . oraenv instead of setting your environment manually.