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Installing the LDAP Client Software on UNIX

This topic describes how to obtain the Oracle Database Client installation files on a UNIX operating system platform and how to install the Oracle Database Client and Oracle Wallet Manager.

This task is a step in Process of Installing and Configuring LDAP Client Software.

To install the Oracle Database Client and Oracle Wallet Manager on UNIX

1. Login as root.
2. Navigate to the Siebel image location for the current release, then navigate to the directory Release/UNIX_operating_system/Server_Ancillary/Oracle_LDAP_Client/enu, where UNIX_operating_system is either Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, or Linux.

   The /enu directory contains the Oracle Database Client files and patches you must apply to the Oracle Database Client if you are using either the Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX operating systems.

3. Copy the files in the /enu directory to a directory on the Siebel Server where you want to install the Oracle Database Client. Make sure you also copy the appropriate patch for your operating system as follows:
   • Solaris. p16852128_112030_SOLARIS.zip
   • AIX. p12375092_112030_AIX.zip
   • HP-UX. p17758083_112030_HPUX-IA32.zip
4. Install the Oracle Database Client, selecting the Runtime option when you are prompted to select the type of installation you want to perform.

   For detailed information on installing Oracle Database Client, see Oracle® Database Client Installation Guide 11g Release 2 (11.2) for Linux. When the installation is completed, the following software is available on the Siebel Server:

   • Oracle LDAP SDK
   • Oracle LDAP client library
   • Oracle Wallet Manager

     NOTE:  The Oracle LDAP client software components are embedded in the Oracle Database Client and are not listed as separately installed programs on the Siebel Server.

5. Set the value of the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to the location of the directory into which you installed the Oracle Database Client files, for example:
   • For C shell (.csh):

   setenv ORACLE_HOME
   /../example.com/vol/dbclient/oracle/SUN64/11gR2/11.2.0.3

   • For Bourne shell or Korn shell (.sh:)

   ORACLE_HOME=/../example.com/vol/dbclient/oracle/SUN64/11gR2/11.2.0.3
export ORACLE_HOME

   NOTE:  If you are using Siebel Business Applications with an Oracle Database, and if you have a previous Oracle Database Client installation, change the value of ORACLE_HOME to specify the location of the Oracle Database Client you have just installed.

6. Add the directory path of the Oracle Database Client libraries to the library path environment variable in either the siebenv.csh (C shell) or siebenv.sh (Bourne or Korn shell) script file. For information on this task, see Configuring the siebenv.csh and siebenv.sh Scripts for the LDAP Client.
7. Unzip the operating system-specific patch for the Oracle Database Client that you downloaded in Step 3, then apply the patch using the Oracle OPatch utility.
8. Change the value of the Security Adapter Dll Name parameter to libsscforacleldap.so or libsscforacleldap.sl, depending on the UNIX operating system you are using.

   For information on the Security Adapter Dll Name parameter, see Parameters for LDAP or ADSI Authentication.

9. Stop and restart the Siebel Server.