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Install of ruby-oci8 for 10.9/OSX Mavericks
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Install of ruby-oci8 for 10.9/OSX Mavericks - step-by-step:

  1. Go here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html
  2. Download the 64bit versions of instantclient-sqlplus, instantclient-sdk, instantclient-basic - the 32bit versions do not work with OSX 10.9
  3. Create directories at /opt/oracle
  4. Unzip instantclient-basic first, move to /opt/oracle (should add a folder - something like /opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2/)
  5. Unzip instantclient-sdk and move its contents to /opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2/
  6. Unzip instantclient-sqlplus and move its contents /opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2/
  7. Open Terminal (if you haven't already) and type...
  8. DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2 export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
  9. ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2 export ORACLE_HOME
  10. cd /opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2
  11. ln -s libclntsh.dylib.11.1 libclntsh.dylib (creates a symbolic link)
  12. env
  13. verify that DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2 (be sure there's no trailing / after instantclient_11_2)
  14. verify ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/instantclient_11_2
  15. gem install ruby-oci8

This guide is copied from this answer on Stack Overflow.

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