Installing Oracle Instant Client 10.2 on Solaris

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we are trying to install Oracle Instant Client 10.2.0.2 for Solaris x86-64 in order to connect to an Oracle database on another server.

I downloaded and unzipped the required files into an /apps/oracle/instantclient_10_2 directory:

  • instantclient-basic-hpux-ia64-32-10.2.0.2-20060428.zip
  • instantclient-sdk-hpux-ia64-32-10.2.0.2-20060428.zip
  • instantclient-sqlplus-hpux-ia64-32-10.2.0.2-20060428.zip

Created a symbolic link for some missing libraries:

  • cd /apps/oracle/instantclient_10_2
  • ln -s libclntsh.so.10.1 libclntsh.so

Then set the Library search path

  • $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/app/oracle/instantclient_10_2
  • $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

And now I am stuck, I know a tnsnames.ora file is needed but do not know where to place it (or if I should also have a sqlnet.ora file).

When I try executing sqlplus I get the following:

sqlplus
bash: /apps/oracle/instantclient_10_2/sqlplus: Invalid argument

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx

Best Answer

Are you trying to install on Solaris or HP-UX? Your message says "Solaris x86-64" but your files list mentions -hpux-ia64- - different OS, different architecture. There's no way it'll work. If you're installing on Solaris, you need to download the appropriate (different) binaries from oracle.com.

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