Re: uninstall Oracle 10g from Redhat Linux server

From: Matthias Hoys <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 20:34:35 +0200
Message-ID: <428cdc3b$0$17689$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"Frank van Bortel" <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:d6g47l$2s7$2_at_news2.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> yasaswi wrote:
>>
>>> How can I completely and cleanly uninstall Oracle 10g from a RHEL 3 AS
>>> server?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Yasaswi
>>
>>
>> <joke>
>> rm -r *
>> </joke>
>>
>> recursively drop the directory corresponding to $ORACLE_BASE.
>> drop the Oracle user
>> drop the oinstall and dba groups
>> drop the directory(ies) containing the inventory and other
>> associated things you created or modified.
>>
>> It takes about 30 minutes to reinstall RHEL 3 AS. I'd personally
>> be inclined to just reinstall the O/S and be done with it.
>
> /etc/oratab
> /etc/oraInst.loc
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel

There's probably also a /etc/lsnrtab file (lists the listeners). Well it is so on AIX, don't know about RHEL. Received on Thu May 19 2005 - 13:34:35 CDT