= Oracle for Mapserver = * You need the Oracle Instant Client * For this tutorial we'll assume that's it is installed in {{{/opt/oracle/}}} * With mapserver installed do {{{ sudo apt-get install libmsplugin-oracle-src }}} * To install the Mapserver plugin: * We need to set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable first {{{ export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/ }}} * Then we run {{{ sudo mapserver-oracle-build yes }}} * To use the Mapserver Oracle plugin you need to use the plugin connectiontype and specify the path to libmsplugin-oracle.so, like this {{{ MAP ... CONNECTIONTYPE plugin PLUGIN "/usr/lib/msplugins/libmsplugin-oracle.so" ... END }}}