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Preface

1 Using the Oracle Universal Installer

New Features for Release 2.2

System Requirements

Installing Oracle Products

Installing from a Single CD-ROM

Installing from Multiple CD-ROMs

Installing Using a Response File

Specifying a Response File on Windows Systems

Specifying a Response File on UNIX Systems

Optional Parameters When Specifying a Response File

Using a Response File on Character Mode Consoles

Setting Response File Variables From the Command Line

Getting Help While Installing Oracle Products

Special Instructions for UNIX Users

Failed to Connect to Server Error

Providing a UNIX Installer Location with Root Privileges

Providing a UNIX Group Name

Oracle Universal Installer Concepts

About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory

Locating the Inventory on Windows systems

Locating the Inventory on UNIX

About the ORAPARAM.INI File

About Oracle Universal Installer Log Files

Running the Oracle Universal Installer After It is Installed

Determining the Default Oracle Home

Using the Oracle Universal Installer Exit Codes

Deinstalling Products

Removing Oracle Products With the Oracle Universal Installer

Deinstalling Top Level Products that Have Dependees

Test 1: Test Components Having the "required" Type of Dependees

Test 2: Test Components Having "1,more" Type of Dependees

Forcing a Deinstall of a Component with a Different Internal Name

Silent Deinstallation

Immediately Displaying the Inventory Dialog Box

Hiding the Inventory Dialog Box

Hiding the Deinstallation Confirmation and Progress Dialog Boxes

Internationalization and Installation Translations Support

Installer/Installation Dialogs Language

Product Language Selections

2 Using Multiple Oracle Homes

Introduction

Multiple Oracle Homes

Target Home

Product Types

Home Selector (Available on Win32 Platforms)

Overview

How It Works

Oracle Home Directory Structure for Windows Platform

Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Structure (on Solaris)

ORACLE_BASE Directory

ORACLE_HOME Directory

Creating an Oracle Home

3 Customizing and Creating Response Files

About Response Files

What Is a Silent Installation?

What Is a Response File?

Why Perform a Silent Installation?

Modifying a Response File

Creating a Response File With Record Mode

Using Record Mode on a Windows Computer

Using Record Mode on a UNIX Computer

Response File Format

How a Response File is Organized

Sections of a Response File

Values Within a Section

Comments Within a Section

Headers Within a Section

General Section of the Response File

Include Section of the Response File

Session Section of the Response File

Components Section of the Response File

DEPENDENCY_LIST

PROD_HOME

OPTIONAL_CONFIG_TOOLS

INSTALL_TYPE

COMPONENT_LANGUAGES

A Sample Response File

Example 1

Example 2

B Troubleshooting

Debugging Mechanisms in the Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle Universal Installer Errors

Deinstalling or Upgrading Oracle Universal Installer

Understanding the Contents of the ORAPARAM.INI File

Parameters in ORAPARAM.INI

Sample ORAPARAM.INI

Other Tips

Index