Error with python setup.py build for cx_Oracle

Jihai Chen

Hi,

I've followed the instructions for installing cx_Oracle so far, but I am stuck at python setup.py build. it gives me the following error:

[[email protected] cx_Oracle-5.1.2]$ python setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building 'cx_Oracle' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/scratch/jihchen/install/instantclient_11_2/sdk/include -I/scratch/jihchen/install/python/Python-2.6.5/include/python2.6 -c cx_Oracle.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6-11g/cx_Oracle.o -DBUILD_VERSION=5.1.2
In file included from /scratch/jihchen/install/python/Python-2.6.5/include/python2.6/Python.h:58,
from cx_Oracle.c:6:
/scratch/jihchen/install/python/Python-2.6.5/include/python2.6/pyport.h:685:2: error: #error "LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config?)."
In file included from /scratch/jihchen/install/instantclient_11_2/sdk/include/oci.h:3045,
from cx_Oracle.c:10:
/scratch/jihchen/install/instantclient_11_2/sdk/include/ociap.h:10795: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype
/scratch/jihchen/install/instantclient_11_2/sdk/include/ociap.h:10801: warning: function declaration isn’t a prototype
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1


I have set up my $ORACLE_HOME by downloading and extracting instant client, and followed the BUILD.txt's instruction to link the .so file with:

ln -s libclntsh.so.11.1 libclntsh.so

What am I missing?

Thanks,

Jihai

Christopher Jones-Oracle

Is this related to Oracle? There seem to be some generic issues with Python that give that message.

Do you have the right Instant Client libraries for your platform, or are you mixing 32 & 64 bit binaries?

Jihai Chen

Sorry I forgot to close this, yeah I installed instant client and the installation worked.