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After R12 Fresh Install, The Apache HTTP Server Tier Fails to Start With Error LIBOPMNORACLENLS.SO: unable to load MY PY SMAIN: NLS INITIALIZATION FAILED (Doc ID 413109.1)

Last updated on APRIL 18, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Stack - Version 12.0.6 to 12.1.3 [Release 12.0 to 12.1]
Oracle Applications Manager - Version 12.0.6 to 12.1.3 [Release 12 to 12.1]
Oracle Applications DBA - Version 12.0.6 to 12.1.3 [Release 12 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Following a fresh Release 12 installation on Solaris 10 the following error is encountered and Apache does not start: 

01/30/07-15:04:36 :: adapcctl.sh version 120.6 

01/30/07-15:04:36 :: adapcctl.sh: starting OPMN if it is not running 


libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load ÿ¿«ÿ¿«Mÿ¿«Pÿ¿«S 

main: NLS initialization failed!! 

libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load ÿ¿« ÿ¿«U 

main: NLS initialization failed!! 

libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load ÿ¿«ÿ¿«Eÿ¿«Hÿ¿«K 

main: NLS initialization failed!! 

opmnctl: opmn start failed.

 

Changes

Setting the ORACLE_HOME Environment to 10.1.3 then running that ./bin/genclntsh helps:


If you run with the -32 option it updates the ./lib32 version of libclntsh.so.10.1
if you run without the -32 option it updates the ./lib version of libclntsh.so.10.1
( and similarly if it was set to 10.1.2,libclntsh.so.10.1 will be created in 10.1.2/lib )

So it is very important to set the Oracle Home to 10.1.3.

Cause

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