Re: How to remove Oracle 11g Instant Client Driver?

> Hi Everyone, Ive installed Oracle 11g R 2 Intant Client but I need to
> remove because there is the Oracle 10g R2 driver installed I could use.
>
> To keep the server clear, can i delete the folder directly? I dont think
> so, because in the data sources panel, drivers list, there are Oracle
> 10g and 11g but Id like to perform an correct uninstall. is it possible?
>
> I tried to executed the installed file, but there is not any option to
> remove, ust installing again.
>
> Thank you!
> pablo.erba_at_gmail.com

I assume that you are talking about some PC based OS. You didn't specify, but all PC based OS-es support "fdisk" command. So, run "fdisk" on the disk of your choice and first see what partitions you have with "p". The output should look something like this:
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sda: 400.1 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x9c879c87

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        9053    72718191    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            9054       19458    83578162+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5   ?      258652      301896   347364093   31  Unknown

When done, execute "d <num>" for each number in the "Id" column. That ought to rid you of those pesky instant client executables from any of the PC based OS-es. I am not really sure whether OS/X supports fdisk, since they don't give you the root password, but a bootable DOS USB drive with fdisk.exe on it can fix that for you.

For a more fine-grained approach, you should supply more data.

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