Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Oracle817 Command Line Installation on UNIX?

Re: Oracle817 Command Line Installation on UNIX?

From: john055_google <john055_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 12 Feb 2002 01:51:27 -0800
Message-ID: <962a1a3c.0202120151.3703b9f9@posting.google.com>


Please can you tell us if you are using the unattended installations with Oracle 8.1.7 under a non-Windows platform?

Is it reliable to run in a productive (i.e. non lab) ennvironment?

How long does it take to set up ?

Thanks

Jeffery Martin <jbmartin_nospam_at_us.ibm.com> wrote in message news:<3C4D8D96.4928C58B_at_us.ibm.com>...
> We have both types of installations (unattended and unintended) here in
> our lab! Thanks for the help.
>
>

 "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> >
> > Did I say 'unintended'???! :-)
> >
> > It's actually quite hard to install Oracle unintentionally, though I have
> > been known to pull that particular trick after a beer or three.
> >
> > But an unATTended install... very different beast.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > HJR
> > --
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Resources for Oracle: http://www.hjrdba.com
> > ===============================
> >
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
> > news:3c4c6418$0$15953$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > > Ah... *That* sort of install is indeed possible (got to admit: never done
> it
> > > myself). An unintended install is allegedly do-able by using a response
> > > file.
> > >
> > > On Unix, you do:
> > >
> > > runInstaller -responsefile <name_of_file>
> > >
> > > If your response file is comprehensive enough, there's no need for you to
> > > remain at the machine at all. But that doesn't make it a 'command line'
> > > install -it's still (albeit unattended) GUI.
> > >
> > > What (and how) you put in the responsefile, I haven't looked in to. But
> now
> > > you know it's called a response file, maybe technet.oracle.com can be
> > > searched for those two keywords, and see what it turns up.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > HJR
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jeffery Martin" <jbmartin_nospam_at_us.ibm.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3C4C4263.10E6050B_at_us.ibm.com...
> > > > Feature?!
> > > >
> > > > Is there no options file or ability to set environment variables or
> > > > something else for non-interactive installation? It might not be
> > > > elegant to have an X-Server popping up windows, etc. but at least I
> > > > don't want to sit there in front of the machine making decisions during
> > > > the installation. There is not even that type of feature perhaps?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, again.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > There is no provision for a command line install. Period. You can
> fudge it
> > > > > by getting clever with remote installs and so forth (I'm thinking
> Unix) -but
> > > > > there must be an X-Server somewhere. It was a feature of 8i that
> non-GUI
> > > > > installs are a thing of the past.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > HJR
> > > > > --
> > > > > ----------------------------------------------
> > > > > Resources for Oracle: http://www.hjrdba.com
> > > > > ===============================
> > > > >
> > > > > "Jeffery Martin" <jbmartin_nospam_at_us.ibm.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:3C48938F.95FA6176_at_us.ibm.com...
> > > > > > Does anyone have any idea if Oracle 8.1.7 has options for a command
> line
> > > > > > installation or non-interactive installation?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I mean, GUI's are cute, but we need to get serious here. Any clues
> or
> > > > > > hints, please? Thanks.
> > >
> > >
Received on Tue Feb 12 2002 - 03:51:27 CST

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US