RE: How to deinstall oracle 9i and leave 8i intact

I had a similar problem on a Unix box where I had once had a 9i test instance installed as well as an 8i instance. I was unable to install 8.1.7 for an upgrade while I had 9i installed. The problem was in the oraInventory entries. No matter how many times I uninstalled 9i it left a record that 9i was installed somewhere and wouldn't permit the lower release software to be installed.

In the end I just renamed the oraInventory directory and started from scratch. That worked.

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geez... have a bad morning and look what happens.;-)

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Rick_Cale_at_teamhealth.com wrote:

> document detailing removal or oracle software and a oracle home, followed
> it to the letter. Everything appears to work fine except the installer
> still shows some 9i software installed when I know there is not. It
mus be
> stored elsewhere but do not know how to correct. This may cause problems
> if I attempt to re-install 9i. Any ideas?

any chance it's just in the oraInventory file and not really on the disk? i don't know if that screws things up, but usually it just asks if you want to reinstall it.

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Bill "Shrek" Thater              ORACLE DBA
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You gotta run like there's nobody watching,
It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work.
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A computer scientist is someone who fixes things that aren't broken.




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