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instantclient 23.26.3.0.0 and libaio 0.3.119-9 missing softlink #613
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Not sure if this is the correct place, but could someone please inform oracle that they have to link towards
libaio.so.1t64.0.2 and not libaio.so.1 because deb no longer softlinks it.
Just updated to latest installclient 23.26.3.0.0 and libaio 0.3.113.9 on ubuntu 26.04LTS
and I get this error:
oracledb.exceptions.DatabaseError: DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 64-bit Oracle Client library: "libaio.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". See https://python-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/initialization.html for help
Help: https://python-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/troubleshooting.html#dpi-1047The issue is that latest libaio in debian do not install the libaio.so.1 or softlink it anymore
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/liba/libaio/libaio1t64_0.3.113-9_amd64.deb
This fixes it:
cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu; sudo ln -s libaio.so.1t64.0.2 libaio.so.1
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sharadraju commentedon Sep 29, 2026
Is this something specific to Debian Linux? Then it has to be taken up with Debian. Oracle does not release Instant Client packages specific to Debian.
Yes, this repo is maintained by Oracle, but specific to the python-oracledb driver.
mortenbj-statnett commentedon Sep 29, 2026
I only see this error when using python-oracledb, not when I use sqlplus, sqldeveloper, toad, dbeaver etc. So I'm not sure. I just added a check for this softlink when installing the base-container.
This has been a problem since ubuntu24.04LTS - https://askubuntu.com/a/1512197/720196
we have had libaio package until now, but in 26.04LTS is it most likely gone.
cjbj commentedon Sep 29, 2026
Is this https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libaio/+bug/2067501 ?