[gdal-dev] Problem compiling gdal with OCI support, configure doesn't seem to know where to look

[Ivan Lucena]

There was a similar discussion on OTN:

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=4570333

I hope that would help you.

On 11/19/12 6:42 PM, Ethan Alpert wrote:
> You sure your oracle client libs are installed correctly? It's strange
> that oci.h would be in the top level directory.
>
> --with-oci=/dg/local/apps/osgeo_pack/deployed/linux-x86_64/product/11gCl
> ient/
> --with-oci-include=/dg/local/apps/osgeo_pack/deployed/linux-x86_64/produ
> ct/11gClient/rdbms/public/
> --with-oci-lib=/dg/local/apps/osgeo_pack/deployed/linux-x86_64/product/1
> 1gClient/lib/
>
> That's what I used for gdal 1.8.1.
> /dg/local/apps/osgeo_pack/deployed/linux-x86_64 is my system deployed
> path.
>
> -ethan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of cheesybiscuits
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:15 PM
> To: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [gdal-dev] Problem compiling gdal with OCI support, configure
> doesn't seem to know where to look
>
> First of all sorry for posing a question that has been asked a thousand
> times before. I did a lot of research but didn't find this specific
> problem.
>
> I have Linux Mint (Ubuntu) with Oracle instant client basic and SDK
> (11.2) installed from .deb (via Alien). $ORACLE_HOME is set
> (/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client) and contains bin, lib, and a symlink to
> include (/usr/include/oracle/11.2/client). I'm not a total linux n00b
> but I don't usually compile anything from source.
>
> I installed the Oracle software using the instructions  here
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Oracle%20Instant%20Client>
>
> Running 'locate oci.h' shows
>
> /home/tom/Downloads/gdal/gdal-1.9.2/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/oci/drv_oci.html
> /home/tom/Downloads/gdal/gdal-1.9.2/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/oci/ogr_oci.h
> /usr/include/oracle/11.2/client/oci.h
>
> As you can see I'm trying to compile 1.9.2 Stable.
>
> No matter what I pass with the ./configure command, config.log always
> reports
> "configure:22485: checking for Oracle OCI headers in " - with nothing
> after "in" - as if it doesn't know where the header is supposed to be,
> and then
> "conftest.cpp:64:29: fatal error: oci.h: No such file or directory"
>
> These are the arguments I've tried
>
> ./configure --with-oci
> ./configure --with-oci-include='/usr/include/oracle/11.2/client'
> ./configure --with-oci=/usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/include
> ./configure --with-oci=$ORACLE_HOME
>
> I even tried copying the contents of /usr/lib/oracle/11.2/client/include
> to the gdal source directory, but I'm not sure what I thought this would
> accomplish.
>
> Can anyone suggest where I could go next? Any thoughts much appreciated.
>
>
>
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