The way your CGI compiled is different than mine, because there is nothing special about the line numbers that you are getting in the error message. When you see stuff like that, it is always helpful to view the appropriate line. With vi, you can always jump straight to it using a command line parameter:      $ vi +346 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/CGI/Carp.pm When dealing with shared libraries, though, make sure that your /etc/ld.so.conf contains the appropriate directories, especially any places where your Oracle driver might have dropped presents, and run ldconfig to apply the changes.

Furthermore, make sure that your Web user (i.e. 'nobody') can read these libraries. The directory might be set to 0750 or something awful that prevents 'other' access to it. As a last resort, track down the missing file with the find command:      $ find / -name 'libclntsh.so.8.0*' Just as a note, rebooting does not usually correct missing file problems. If your filesystem is somehow corrupted, rebooting may force a filesystem check, but this shouldn't have happened in the first place. It might also run 'ldconfig' which can fix the problem for you. As a general practice to "make things work", though, rebooting should be avoided.