Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of OracleSpatialTestSetup

Timestamp:

Feb 12, 2013, 7:11:21 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Aymeric Augustin

Comment:

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OracleSpatialTestSetup

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 Prerequisities
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-On host machine:
- - Install Oracle client and set it up as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/databases/#oracle-notes
- - Install GeoDjango requirements as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/install/
+On the host machine:
+- Install Oracle client and set it up as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/databases/#oracle-notes
+- Install GeoDjango requirements as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/install/
+
+On OS X, the general procedure to install cx_Oracle is:
+
+* Download InstantClient from Oracle. You need the "Basic Lite" and "SDK" packages.
+* Unzip them, merge them, and put the resulting directory in, for instance, `~/dev/oracle`.
+* Set the following environment variables (you'll need them every time you use cx_Oracle)::
+
+    export ORACLE_HOME=~/Documents/dev/oracle/instantclient_10_2
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME
+
+* Fix Oracle's package::
+
+    ln -s libclntsh.dylib.10.1 $ORACLE_HOME/libclntsh.dylib 
+    ln -s libocci.dylib.10.1 $ORACLE_HOME/libocci.dylib 
+
+* Install cx_Oracle::
+
+    pip install cx_Oracle
+
+Adjust paths and versions as needed. There are plenty of more-or-less up-to-date tutorials on the web.
+
 
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