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messages, the installation instructions, and see [Initializing
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Node-oracledb][17].
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Note that on Linux, calling [`initOracleClient()`](#odbinitoracleclient) is
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not sufficient for setting the Oracle Client library path. Those libraries
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still need to be in the operating system search path, such as from running
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`ldconfig` or set in the environment variable `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` before your
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Node.js process starts.
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- If you got *DPI-1072: the Oracle Client library version is unsupported*, then
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review the installation requirements. Node-oracledb needs Oracle client
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libraries 11.2 or later. Note that version 19 is not supported on Windows 7.

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