Sails Waterline Oracle - installing sails-oracle-database - Error regarding oci/version - sails.js

Question

I'm a Grails (with Oracle) developer who is experimenting with Sails.js
I'm having an issue in installing the waterline oracle adapter. Steps I can do to duplicate, with a standalone node app, using Mac OS:
Following instructions on https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/INSTALL.md#instosx
I placed the Oracle basic client files in my ~/lib folder by using: cp instantclient_12_2/{libclntsh.dylib.12.1,libclntshcore.dylib.12.1,libons.dylib,libnnz12.dylib,libociei.dylib} ~/lib/
In my node app, I can then install the oracle add-on by running: npm install oracledb
I can then run the examples they provide, such as by doing "node select1.js" and it successfully connects to the database and runs fine, etc
I then try to install the waterline oracle adapter by doing: npm install sails-oracle-database
It gives this error:
>oracledb#1.13.1 install /Users/myuser/Documents/node/oracle/node_modules/sails-oracle-database/node_modules/oracledb
>node-gyp rebuild
node-oracledb ERR! Error: Cannot find /opt/oracle/instantclient/libclntsh.dylib
node-oracledb ERR! Error: Do you need to run 'cd /opt/oracle/instantclient && ln -s libclntsh.dylib.* libclntsh.dylib'?
node-oracledb ERR! Error: See https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/INSTALL.md#instosx
gyp: Call to 'INSTURL="https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/master/INSTALL.md#instosx"; ERR="node-oracledb ERR! Error:"; if [ -z $OCI_LIB_DIR ]; then if [ -f /opt/oracle/instantclient/libclntsh.dylib ]; then echo "/opt/oracle/instantclient/"; else echo "$ERR Cannot find /opt/oracle/instantclient/libclntsh.dylib" >&2; echo "$ERR Do you need to run 'cd /opt/oracle/instantclient && ln -s libclntsh.dylib.* libclntsh.dylib'?" >&2; echo "$ERR See $INSTURL" >&2; echo "" >&2; fi; else if [ -f "$OCI_LIB_DIR/libclntsh.dylib" ]; then echo $OCI_LIB_DIR; else echo "$ERR Cannot find \$OCI_LIB_DIR/libclntsh.dylib" >&2; echo "$ERR Do you need to run 'cd \$OCI_LIB_DIR && ln -s libclntsh.dylib.* libclntsh.dylib'?" >&2; echo "$ERR See $INSTURL" >&2; echo "" >&2; fi; fi;' returned exit status 0 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:336:16)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:197:12)
Trying to make sense of the error... It looks like it wants me to set env variables such as: OCI_LIB_DIR
However, the instructions on the oracle page it references say that is no longer necessary withe oracle-node 2 version. Is it possible the waterline-oracle adapter isn't yet compatible with this version?

Answer 1

You'll also need the SDK package of the oracle instant client. If your instant client directory already has a "sdk" folder then you're set. Next is to copy it to your "/opt/oracle/instantclient" directory.
➜ instantclient pwd
/opt/oracle/instantclient
➜ instantclient ls
BASIC_README glogin.sql libnnz12.dylib libocijdbc12.dylib libsqlplusic.dylib uidrvci
SQLPLUS_README libclntsh.dylib libocci.dylib libons.dylib ojdbc8.jar xstreams.jar
adrci libclntsh.dylib.12.1 libocci.dylib.12.1 liboramysql12.dylib sdk
genezi libclntshcore.dylib.12.1 libociei.dylib libsqlplus.dylib sqlplus