Re: Installing Discoverer on NT -- Need Help

Bricklen --

Thanks for the info.

Just wondering, if it is going install the software in DEFAULT HOME, then why it is asking me to pick an oracle home while installing..

Anyway, i will try to install by changing the DEFAULT HOME. Only question i have is, do i need to put the DEFAULT_HOME value back what it was?

Thanks
Anil
Bricklen Anderson <bricklen_at_shaw.ca> wrote in message news:<3C26C07F.8F1D75A7_at_shaw.ca>...
> Actually, this problem isn't particular to 8.1.5. It happens on 8.1.6,
> 8.1.7, and 9i I found as well. There have been numerous posts in the
> Oracle.com forums about this, and the workaround for installing
> Discoverer. Once you attempt to install Discoverer (on NT or 2000), it
> will give you the error message. After that, go into your registry
> (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ALL_HOMES) and set the default
> home to whichever new home name you attempted to create discoverer in
> (eg. discoverer4Home etc.). Try installing Discoverer again, with this
> selected as the default home in the installation process. This will
> enable you to run Discoverer without any problems, and you won't have to
> deinstall the database.
>
> hth,
>
> Bricklen
>
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> >
> > On 23 Dec 2001 06:56:43 -0800, anil.chada_at_oracle.com (anil chada)
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi --
> > >
> > >I was trying to install discoverer 4.x on my laptop. I created
> > >seperate oracle home (c:\oracle\discoverer called ora_disc) to isntall
> > >this producct.
> > >When i run the installer , i am getting "Oracle installer does not
> > >support multiple installations, and therefore cannot be installed on
> > >ora_disc. It can only be installed on oraHome81"
> > >
> > >So i ran the installer againg and picked oraHome81 for installation,
> > >and now i am getting following message..
> > >"The location specified c:\oracle\ora81 is already used as an oracle
> > >home for Oracle 815 production. It cannot be used as oracle home for
> > >nt".
> > >
> > >Looks like i have use oraHome81, but it is not letting me install
> > >there because i already have 815 installed.
> > >
> > >Does anyone know, how to get around this problem.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Anil Chada
> >
> > If you read the messages carefully, you already know how to resolve it
> >
> > - Deinstall 8.1.5
> > - Install Discoverer in it's default Oracle home
> > - reinstall 8.1.5 in a *different* Oracle home
> >
> > Complaints at Oracle, and 8.1.5 has been desupped quite a while ago.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
> >
> > To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address
Received on Tue Dec 25 2001 - 14:26:52 CET