title: django oracle setup throws error
body: <p>oracle_home is mandatory while setting django with oracle, i have two machine in one ip address Oracle is installed and in other Ip address setting up django webapp, when i try to install </p>
  
  <pre><code>pip install cx_Oracle
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it throws error </p>
  
  <pre><code> pip install cx_Oracle
  Downloading/unpacking cx-Oracle
    Running setup.py egg_info for package cx-Oracle
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "&lt;string&gt;", line 16, in &lt;module&gt;
        File "/tmp/pip-build-root/cx-Oracle/setup.py", line 135, in &lt;module&gt;
          raise DistutilsSetupError("cannot locate an Oracle software " \
      distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software installation
      Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
      Traceback (most recent call last):
  
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 16, in &lt;module&gt;
  
    File "/tmp/pip-build-root/cx-Oracle/setup.py", line 135, in &lt;module&gt;
  
      raise DistutilsSetupError("cannot locate an Oracle software " \
  
  distutils.errors.DistutilsSetupError: cannot locate an Oracle software installation
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Is it must to installed Oracle in the same box</strong>  or I'm missing soething here</p>