Re: problem installing 10g

On 18 May 2004 08:59:13 -0700, rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote:

>rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote in message news:<1efdad5b.0405171632.2adb8c63_at_posting.google.com>...
>> I installed this once, but in a 9i home because I wasn't paying
>> attention. I'm doing this at home. Not for work. So its not urgent.
>> This is on Windows XP.
>>
>> I run 'setup', Oracle apparently chooses a hidden temp directory to
>> unzip several files. You don't get to choose. Fine.
>>
>> The Universal Installer Launches. It gives me 5 sources to choose
>> from, all of them give me the following error:
>>
>> Invalid Staging Area. There are no top level components.
>>
>> So its the wrong path. Any way you can choose where Oracle unzips all
>> this stuff?
>
>if you unzip manually, you have to go inside and unzip a several other
>files to get it to work. Its a real pain.

The obvious easy solution would have been to wipe your install, and install everything again, this time in different homes.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA