Installation Command Line: --------------------------- OUI.exe -NOWAIT -NOCONFIG -NOCONSOLE -FORCE -WAITFORCOMPLETION -SILENT -RESPONSEFILE "C:\Source\Response\clientadmin.rsp" OR Setup.exe … Read More

Oracle 11g R1 is not supported with Windows 7, R2 supports it. R1 will still install by hand on Windows 7 after failed prerequisites and checking the corresponding check box. If you try to au… Read More

The install does not allow relative paths for response file. So giving %~dp0 in the command file would not install the application. Its better to copy the .rsp file locally and run from there. Read More

This commandline worked for an uninstall: setup.exe -deinstall -silent -noconsole -force -removeallfiles ORACLE_HOME="PathToHome" REMOVE_HOMES={"PathToHome"} Note: You have to make the script… Read More

I managed to uninstall the Oracle client using the following: C:\>cd \app\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\deinstall C:\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\deinstall\> deinstall.bat -silent Read More

I just like to add: Contrary to what most people seem to say, I found repacking a lot better than using it's own unattended setup. It's fairly easy to repackage Oracle into a MSI and afterwards… Read More

To create the response file for Oracle Client 11.2g I had to call Setup.exe without any command line parameters. On the 6th dialog window there was a button to save the response file. The silen… Read More

Installing 11g Patchset 1 resulted in a "failed to execute preCopy script" error in the Install Actions log. Got around this by adding -suppressPreCopyScript to the command line when installing… Read More

I recorded the response file using: setup.exe -record -destinationFile c:\OraInst\rec.rsp Read More

I attempted to create a response file from the command line and had no luck. Setup.exe -record -responseFile c:\client.rsp I ran the setup.exe and right before installing, there is an option … Read More

Silent mode won't work from the c:\temp folder on Win7. Had me chasing my tail for hours. Read More

This is what my final solution ended up looking like for a completely silent install using the custom response file: setup.exe -NOWAIT -NOCONSOLE -FORCE -WAITFORCOMPLETION -SILENT -RESPONSEFI… Read More

In developing a fully silent install for Oracle 10 I ended up using the vendor provided clientcustom.rsp file. In my testing I found that this response file did not install the ODBC portion of… Read More

All available product strings needed for the DEPENDENCY_LIST can be found in the file ../stage/products.xml Read More

From the command line run setup.exe -help to view all available commands. Create a response file for an automated install. Read More

Unattended setup is failing on windows 7 because of check on the build number. Win7 version is 6.1, oracle client check for version 6.0 Read More

Voor windows 7 unattended install Toevoegen van versie 6.1 in de files stage\prereq\client_prereqs\client\refhost.xml stage\prereq\client\refhost.xml <!--Microsoft Windows 7--> … Read More

The section of the OUI where it runs the 'Configuration Assistants' would hang indefinitely. I worked out that this was due to some Java foul-up or other. I tried so many flavours of JREs as pr… Read More