installing Oracle Instantclient on Mac OS/X without setting environment variables?

Question

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

How

Answer 1

If your goal is simply to run sqlplus on your MacBook, this might work for you. Remove the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable from ~/.bashrc and replace it with an alias:

alias sqlplus="DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Applications/instantclient_11_2 sqlplus"

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