# Instant Client: Connecting Oracle and Mac

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-client-connecting-oracle-and-mac/148638>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-client-connecting-oracle-and-mac/148638 "2008-09-15T20:18:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-client-connecting-oracle-and-mac/148638/1 "2008-09-15T20:18:31Z")

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Hi,

I am having a terrible time installing Instant Client to connect my  
Mac and an Oracle db.

I am using the following instructions:  
[http://www.foliosus.com/2007/11/19/connecting-ruby-on-rails-to-oracle-on-an-intel-mac-in-leopard-mac-osx-105/?css=Banksia](http://www.foliosus.com/2007/11/19/connecting-ruby-on-rails-to-oracle-on-an-intel-mac-in-leopard-mac-osx-105/?css=Banksia)

All goes seemingly well until the Compile the ruby-oci8 library  
section.

ruby setup.rb config

returns the following error message:

Downloads/ruby-oci8-1.0.3/ext/oci8/extconf.rb:24  
'system /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/  
ruby /Users/lynnlobash/Downloads/ruby-oci8-1.0.3/ext/oci8/extconf.rb ’  
failed  
Try ‘ruby setup.rb --help’ for detailed usage.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Thank you,  
Lynn L.