Not finding oracle libraries

Just an indication that the python cx_Oracle did not find the libraries.

[oracle@localhost samples]$ python vpxadmin.py Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "vpxadmin.py", line 1, in <module>

    import cx_Oracle

ImportError: libclntsh.so.11.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [oracle@localhost samples]$ python vpxadmin.py Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "vpxadmin.py", line 1, in <module>

    import cx_Oracle

ImportError: libclntsh.so.11.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [oracle@localhost samples]$ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = [oracle] ? orcl The Oracle base for

ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 is /home/oracle/app/oracle

Just do the following. Assuming orcl is your instance name which is also a default.

. oraenv

orcl