install Oracle instant client for linux HOWTO
Guide for:
1.install oracle instant client
2.install cx_oracle for python
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cx-oracle/cx_Oracle-5.0.4.tar.gz?download
download instantclient-basic-linux-x86-64-10.2.0.3-20070103.zip from oracle
download instantclient-sdk-linux-x86-64-10.2.0.3-20070103.zip from oracle
unzip instantclient-basic-linux-x86-64-10.2.0.3-20070103.zip
unzip instantclient-sdk-linux-x86-64-10.2.0.3-20070103.zip
mv instantclient_10_2 /usr/local/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/local/oracle LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME:/usr/local/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} SQLPATH=$ORACLE_HOME PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME export LD_LIBRARY_PATH SQLPATH ORACLE_HOME PATH
cd /usr/local/oracle
ln -s libclntsh.so.10.1 libclntsh.so
cd cx_Oracle-5.0.4
python setup.py build
python setup.py install