unixodbc driver manager cannot open specified library on install

Question

I\'m using ArchLinux and I am trying to install OpenEdge progress drivers so I can access it via PHP. I\'ve installed the unixodbc package and the drivers, but when I test the

Answer 1

Check unixODBC and your driver are the same architecture i.e., run:

which isql
file xxx (whatever came back from above)
file /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so

They should both be 32 bit or 64 bit. A 64 bit unixODBC cannot use 32 bit drivers and vice versa.

You should not need that symlink.

Run ldd on /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so to ensure all dependencies are found.

Check /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so is executable.

BTW, I presume you got your labels the wrong way around as your odbc.ini file contents should be the odbcinst.ini and vice versa.

Answer 2

One thing to check is the minor version numbers of the unixODBC libs that the driver is linked against. Since unixODBC 2.3.1 I changed the minor lib number to 2 to reflect the change in the SQLLEN size on 64 bit platforms. However if the driver lib was linked against a earlier version it will be looking for a libodbc.so.1, and current sources provide libodbc.so.2. Simple solution is to provide a sym link from the *.so.1 to the *.so.2. The same is also true of libodbcinst.so, so check that as well.