Set Up SQL*Plus Issue

Folks,
Hello. My Operating System is Oracle Linux 5. Database is Oracle DB 11gR1.
I have tried to set up SQL*Plus in the following way:
My directory: /home/myOracle/OracleDB_Home/bin
SYSTEM_PASS=SYSTEM/SYSTEM
export SYSTEM_PASS
./sqlplus SYSTEM/SYSTEM
But this message comes up:
Error 6 initializing SQL*Plus
Message file sql<lang>.msb not found
SP2-0750: You may need to set ORACLE_HOME to your Oracle Software directory.
Where is message file sql<lang>.msb ? What is Oracle Software directory ?
Can any folk help to solve this issue ?

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