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Oracle Client 11g R1

Hi,
this is my first time i need to package the Oracle Client. Installation works like a charm with a response file but i've got problems with uninstalling Oracle.

This is what I've tried:
setup.exe" -deinstall -removeallfiles -nowarningonremovefiles -silent -force -waitforcompletion -nowait -responseFile <pathtoresponsefile>
When I try this command line the log file says that the -deinstall switch is not supported. Also when i use setup.exe -help there is no -deinstall switch listed. But it seems like this switch has worked for many others.

I've also tried to use the deinstall.bat from the Oracle base dir but it says that i need to uninstall Oracle with a standlalone uninstall tool which I cannot find anywhere on the Oracle page.

Does anyone have further suggestions what I could try to uninstall Oracle 11g?

KR

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Answers (11)

Posted by: anonymous_9363 13 years ago
Red Belt
2
Did you look in the SETUP.EXE that the first SETUP.EXE calls? :-)
Posted by: SandeepPanat 13 years ago
Orange Senior Belt
2
If I recall what worked for me:
1. You need to have a deinstall response file: (deinstall.rsp), which you can put into %TEMP%
2. Go to the folder 'deinstall' in your base oracle directory.
3. Run the below command
deinstall -home <Your ORACLE_HOME directory> -paramfile %TEMP%\deinstall.rsp
Posted by: anonymous_9363 13 years ago
Red Belt
0
Do I recall reading that the switches are case-sensitive, e.g. -deInstall or -Deinstall?
Posted by: Teitan 13 years ago
Senior Purple Belt
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In some thread here I've read that only the -responseFile (from the ones which i use)
switch is case sensitive and many examples which I've seen also showed the deinstall
switch as "-deinstall" but im gonna give it a try.

thanks for the hint

edit:
unfortunately it didnt work. im still getting a message that the switch is not valid
Posted by: anonymous_9363 13 years ago
Red Belt
0
You could open the installer EXE in a decent text editor (i.e. anything not called 'Notepad'...) and search for the 'deinstall' text. It's a fair bet that, if any part is capitalised, that you should use the exact case for the switch.
Posted by: Teitan 13 years ago
Senior Purple Belt
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I'm using Notepad++ with Hex plugin that should do it
But sadly I've got no luck again...neither I can find the text in the setup.exe nor in the oui.exe (with which i've also tried the installation by the way)
Posted by: Teitan 13 years ago
Senior Purple Belt
0
If you mean the setup.exe which calls the oui.exe then - yes.
I think im going to delete all the folders and reg keys by script.
Thank you anyway Ian!

It seems like oracle must hate software packagers for some reason :D
Posted by: anonymous_9363 13 years ago
Red Belt
0
No, it's simply that their Universal Installer is just that - a universal installer. It's written in Java and can be run across a bunch of platforms.
Posted by: Helpy 13 years ago
Senior Yellow Belt
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I recently packaged Oracle 10g and it appears the switches haven't changed that much if at all between the two versions. As far as the switches being case sensitive, the only one that was not lowercase was the -responseFile. Could it be the order you set the switches? It probably makes no difference but below is the order I used when running my uninstall of Oracle10g.

unc\setup.exe -deinstall -silent -noconsole -force -removeallfiles -responseFile unc\file.rsp
Posted by: Teitan 13 years ago
Senior Purple Belt
0
That would have been a good hint but I've already created a working deinstall script for Oracle.
Thank you anyways SandeepPanat
Posted by: aogilmor 12 years ago
9th Degree Black Belt
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No they just hate windows...so they won't create a windows installer installation
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