Re: Can't deinstall 8.1.6

kev wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've installed 8.1.6 on Red Hat 6.2, and created a DB at installation
> time. I realise I didn't want to do this, so I de-installed Oracle using
> the installer prog.
> When I select 'Installed Products' from the installer prog it says that
> there are no Oracle products installed, yet all the files are still
> there under OraHome1.
> If I run the installer prog again, it also picks up that there is a
> database in existence (the one I created on the first install).
> How am I supposed to actually uninstall Oracle?
>

The reason could be:

- an entry in /etc/oratab
- $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init<SID>.ora
- $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/sgadef<SID>.dbf

Uwe

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