title: Error while installing cx_Oracle on windows
body: <p>I am trying to install cx_Oracle module of python in my windows.
  I keep getting error below mentioned error: cannot locate an Oracle software installation</p>
  <p>What kind of Oracle software I need to make cx_Oracle module work?</p>
  <h1>---------------------------------------------------------------------</h1>
  <pre><code>C:\Users\ndhaka.ORADEV&gt;pip install cx_Oracle
  Downloading/unpacking cx-Oracle
  Running setup.py (path:c:\users\ndhaka~1.ora\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_ndhaka\cx-Oracle\setup.py) egg_info for package cx-Oracle
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File &quot;&lt;string&gt;&quot;, line 17, in &lt;module&gt;
    File &quot;c:\users\ndhaka~1.ora\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_ndhaka\cx-Oracle\setup.py&quot;, line 135,in &lt;module&gt;
      raise DistutilsSetupError(&quot;cannot locate an Oracle software &quot; \
  distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software installation
  Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  </code></pre>
  <p>File &quot;&quot;, line 17, in </p>
  <p>File &quot;c:\users\ndhaka~1.ora\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_ndhaka\cx-Oracle\setup.py&quot;, line 135, in </p>
  <pre><code>raise DistutilsSetupError(&quot;cannot locate an Oracle software &quot; \
  </code></pre>
  <p>distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software installation</p>
  <hr />
  <p>Cleaning up...
  Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in c:\users\ndhaka~1.ora\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_ndhaka\cx-Oracle
  Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\ndhaka.ORADEV\pip\pip.log</p>