Re: Uninstall of Oracle 7.3 on Solaris 2.6

I think you are mistaken,if this is the 7.3 CD-ROM, then do the following as oracle user to remove the 7.3 install:
cd /
cd /cdrom/cdrom0/orainst
./orainst <-- runs installer
Choose the "Default Install" in the Installation menu Choose "Install, Upgrade, or De-install Software" Choose "De-install Software"
and you should be able to take it from here ... (I hope) If not, do what I do... rm -r * (from within the Oracle mount point)

In article <35ECC5DB.93E7118E_at_mn.uswest.net>,   Perry Hoekstra <dutchman_at_mn.uswest.net> wrote:
> Yes, I am sure. In both cases (Oracle Installer on CD and orainst executable
> located in oracle7 directory) the programs do not allow you to uninstall but
> immediately begin the install process. That is why I am looking at a manual
> effort to remove Oracle 7.3 from the machine.
>
> Perry Hoekstra
>
> Winnie Liu wrote:
>
> > Are you sure that there is no deinstall option in the Oracle7.3 installer?
> > There should be a deinstall option in the Oracle7.3 installer and oracle
> > documentation DOES suggest you to deinstall the previous version of Oracle
> > and then freshly install a new one. You CANNOT use the installer on Oracle 8
> > to deinstall the Oracle 7.3.
> >
> > Perry J. Hoekstra wrote in message <35EC4250.3567A2D9_at_mn.uswest.net>...
> > >Greet the sun all,
> > >
> > >How do you uninstall a Oracle 7.3 Work Group Server? I scanned this
> > >group within DejaNews and found no postings. The Oracle Installer for
> > >the software installs but has no uninstall option and the documentation
> > >does not address this need. It is the same for orainstall found on the
> > >server. The new Oracle Installer for Oracle 8 does not recognize that
> > >an Oracle 7 installation exists. I want a fresh install of Oracle 8,
> > >not a migration from Oracle 7.3 so that is why I am heading down this
> > >road.
> > >
> > >Perry Hoekstra
> > >Consultant
> > >Talent Software Services
> > >dutchman_at_mn.uswest.net
> > >
>
>

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