installing Oracle Instantclient on Linux without setting environment variables?

Question

Oracle\'s instructions specify setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This makes my application dependent on random users\' configuration and is very troublesome to set up.

How can I

Answer 1

Add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf, then run /sbin/ldconfig. You don't need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for libraries installed in standard locations like /usr/lib because these locations are already configured in /etc/ld.so.conf.