With python source release, Python 3.6.1 32 bit version is getting installed in 64 bit Solaris 10

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Hi,

I need to connect to Oracle database with python using cx_Oracle 8.0.1. But getting bit version mismatch error while connecting as Solaris 10 and Oracle database both are 64 bit while python 3.6.1 is getting installed as 32 bit in Solaris with python source release.

Error :-
-bash-3.2$ python
Python 3.6.1 (default, Sep 25 2023, 16:02:20)
[GCC 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)] on sunos5
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.

import cx_Oracle
cx_Oracle.connect(‘/@localhost:/’)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: DPI-1047: Cannot locate a 32-bit Oracle Client library: “ld.so.1: python: fatal: /oracle/tmmbbkp/lib/libclntsh.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64”. See cx_Oracle 8 Installation — cx_Oracle 8.3.0 documentation for help

Solaris 10 bit :-
/usr/bin/isainfo -kv
64-bit sparcv9 kernel modules

Oracle bit:-
file /oracle/bin/sqlplus
/oracle/bin/sqlplus: ELF 64-bit MSB executable SPARCV9 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped

Python 3.6.1 bit
file /Python-3.6.1/python
/Python-3.6.1/python: ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped

cx_Oracle 8.0.1 bit:-
file /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cx_Oracle-8.0.1-py3.6-solaris-2.10-sun4u.32bit.egg/cx_Oracle.so
/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cx_Oracle-8.0.1-py3.6-solaris-2.10-sun4u.32bit.egg/cx_Oracle.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped

Please help if anyone can provide information on resolving the error. Thanks in advance.

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Exactly what steps did you take to install it?

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Python installation steps:-
From root user:-
Untar the source release tar.gz package
From the extracted folder, run commands below:-
./configure
make
make test
make install