ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set

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I am getting this error:

ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set

but when I type:

echo $ORACLE_HOME

I get:

/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0

Seems the ORACLE_HOME is set.

I have Oracle 9i R2 installed on Redhat9

Can anyone help with this error?