Golang and Oracle
Which library To this day, the most up to date library seems to be rana/ora How to install (linux & macosx) Download Oracle Instant Client for linux x64: both packages Basic and SDK Unzip each of them in the same folder /opt/oracle mkdir -p /opt/oracle cd /opt/oracle unzip ~/Downloads/instantclient-basiclite-linux.x64-12.2.0.1.0.zip unzip ~/Downloads/instantclient-sdk-linux.x64-12.2.0.1.0.zip cd /opt/oracle/instantclient_12_1 Add the necessary env variables and paths: # Oracle export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/instantclient_12_2:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/oracle export ORACLE_HOME=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH copy from the go package ....