Installer in Silent Mode

From: Jim Garbely <jgarbely_at_rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 20:32:16 -0500
Message-ID: <7b7i0h$om3$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>

I am trying to automate the installation of Oracle client software (SQL*Net, SQL*Plus, ODBC Driver, etc.) so we can easily distribute these programs to users via a network job. After mining Oracle's Metalink web site for two days, I have found syntax that allows you to run orainst.exe via "silent mode". First I create a response file:

orainst /rspdest c:\temp\pware.rsp

which works fine. But when I try to run the installer using the response file AND tell it which products to install, the installer just quits before it installs anything (it does create the orawin directory). The command I use is:

orainst /silent /rspsrc c:\temp\pware.rsp /install orainst, sodbc200,rsf71,rsf72,rsf73,net23,plus33

Any ideas as to why this might be happinging? I am running this command from a Win95 client that is accessing the Oracle software on an NT 4.0 server. I have tried putting the .rsp file on both the client and the server but neither works. If I just use the response file without the /install switch, it works like a champ only it stops when it gets the product selection screen.

I wanna be a park ranger....

Thanks in advance,
Jim Garbely Received on Fri Feb 26 1999 - 19:32:16 CST