[DB-SIG] Accessing oracle from remote machine

[Sean Davis]

I am new to the list, so if I am in the wrong place, feel free to direct me 
elsewhere.  

I am trying to connect to an Oracle installation on a remote machine.  I have 
installed the oracle instant client on my machine (linux x84_64) and can 
connect via Oracle's sqlplus client to the remote machine.  

So, my question is what are the working options for connecting from python 
when I do not have an entire installation in place but only instantclient?  

Thanks,
Sean