Installation cx_Oracle fails - oracle

Question

System: MacBook Pro M1 16GB RAM
Python 3.8.5
I am trying to install the cx_Oracle module and it doesent work.
sudo easy_install cx_Oracle --> Successful
Installed Basic and SDK client from Oracle, after following the installation script in the readme file the copying from the "Stick" completed.
Now the these copied folders are just laying around in my downloads directory, I think, I need to put both clients ([instanclient...]) into a specific directory, but don't know where.
so...
Error when I try to run the python program in the terminal: Traceback (most recent call last): File "app.py", line 5, in <module> connection = cx_Oracle.connect("hr", "hr", "10.0.0.22/orclpdb") cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 64-bit Oracle Client library: "dlopen(libclntsh.dylib, 1): image not found". See https://cx-oracle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/installation.html for help
The Error in pyCharm:
No module named 'cx_Oracle'
Also, this solution didnt work for me, because I dont have an oracle folder in /lib https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/1244#issuecomment-624646368
Where do I need to put the folders, so that I can use the 'cx_Oracle' module in pyCharm ?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Follow the instructions found in the documentation located here: https://cx-oracle.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/installation.html.
So long as cx_Oracle is installed in the Python used by PyCharm you should be able to see it.

Answer 2

[PyCharm Fix below]
I fixed this issue, by using the
cx_Oracle.init_oracle_client()command as referenced in the docs.
Although I get the results, it only works in the command line. If I try to use it in pyCharm, it still doesent recognizes my cx_Oracle module. (I'll open a new ticket for this error)
This is an example code:
import cx_Oracle
cx_Oracle.init_oracle_client(lib_dir="/Users/benreisinger/Documents/testclients/instantclient_19_8", config_dir=None, error_url=None, driver_name=None)
# Connect as user "hr" with password "welcome" to the "orclpdb1" service running on this computer.
connection = cx_Oracle.connect("hr", "hr", "10.0.0.22/orclpdb")
cursor = connection.cursor()
cursor.execute("""
select e.first_name AS fname, e.last_name AS lname, e.department_id, d.department_name
from employees e
inner join departments d
on (e.department_id = d.department_id)
""")
for first_name, last_name, department_id, department_name in cursor:
print("Values:", first_name, last_name, department_id, department_name)
Results only in the terminal !
FIX: PyCharm->preferences->Project:[your Project]-> Python Interpreter-> add cx-Oracle package
--> With this fix, finally, PyCharm recognized the cx_Oracle module :)