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Error 'Can't locate catcon.pm in @INC' When Trying To Run catcon.pl (Doc ID 1612769.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 07, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The following error is raised when trying to run the catcon.pl script that
is described at

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17636/cdb_admin.htm#ADMIN14073

Changes

The previous output is from a Windows environment but in essence the same for any type of  Unix setup
catcon.pl is a Perl script that can be used to run any SQL commands or PL/SQL procedures in any number of Pluggable Databases.
The command was run from a directory that was not <ORACLE_HOME>/rdbms/admin

Cause

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