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# Packaging Oracle Instant Client

If your organization requires you to download and install the Oracle Instant Client as a package—from a secure private repository, for example—you (or an Administrator) can use the following instructions to build the package.

1. Create a `build.sh` file that looks like the following

```
#!/bin/sh

cd $PREFIX
mkdir -p share
mkdir -p lib

cd share
unzip $RECIPE_DIR/instantclient-basic-linux.x64-${PKG_VERSION}dbru.zip

cd instantclient*
cp libclntsh.so.19.1 ../../lib/
cp libnnz19.so ../../lib/
cp libmql1.so ../../lib/
cp libipc1.so ../../lib/
cp libociei.so ../../lib/
cp libocijdbc19.so ../../lib/
cp liboramysql19.so ../../lib/
cp libocci.so.19.1 ../../lib/
cp libclntshcore.so.19.1 ../../lib

cd ../../lib
ln -s libclntsh.so.19.1 libclntsh.so
ln -s libocci.so.19.1 libocci.so
ln -s libclntshcore.so.19.1 libclntshcore.so

```

2. Create a `meta.yaml` file that looks like the following:

```
{% set version="19.3.0.0.0" %}
package:
  name: instantclient
  version: {{ version }}

source:
  url: ./instantclient-basic-linux.x64-{{ version }}dbru.zip

build:
  number: 1

requirements:
  build:
    - unzip

```

3. Download [the appropriate instantclient zip file](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/instant-client/downloads/index.html) into the same directory as the `build.sh` and `meta.yaml` files.
4. Edit `meta.yaml` with the absolute path to instantclient zip file.
5. If necessary, update the version in `metadata.yaml`.
6. In a terminal, run the following:

   ```
   bash
   $ conda build oracle_instantclient

   ```

The package will be created in the directory where Anaconda is installed.
For example, `/Users/username/anaconda3/conda-bld/osx-64/instantclient-19.3.0.0.0.tar.bz2`.

7. To install the package, run:

   ```
   bash
   $ conda install --offline ./instantclient-19.3.0.0.0.tar.bz2

   ```
8. To verify that the installation was successful, run:

   ```
   bash
   $ conda list

   # packages in environment at /Users/username/anaconda3/envs/instanclient:
   #
   # Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
   instantclient             19.3.0.0.0                    1    local

   ```