Re: Uninstall of Oracle 7.3 on Solaris 2.6

Yes, I am sure. In both cases (Oracle Installer on CD and orainst executable located in oracle7 directory) the programs do not allow you to uninstall but immediately begin the install process. That is why I am looking at a manual effort to remove Oracle 7.3 from the machine.

Perry Hoekstra

Winnie Liu wrote:

> Are you sure that there is no deinstall option in the Oracle7.3 installer?
> There should be a deinstall option in the Oracle7.3 installer and oracle
> documentation DOES suggest you to deinstall the previous version of Oracle
> and then freshly install a new one. You CANNOT use the installer on Oracle 8
> to deinstall the Oracle 7.3.
>
> Perry J. Hoekstra wrote in message <35EC4250.3567A2D9_at_mn.uswest.net>...
> >Greet the sun all,
> >
> >How do you uninstall a Oracle 7.3 Work Group Server? I scanned this
> >group within DejaNews and found no postings. The Oracle Installer for
> >the software installs but has no uninstall option and the documentation
> >does not address this need. It is the same for orainstall found on the
> >server. The new Oracle Installer for Oracle 8 does not recognize that
> >an Oracle 7 installation exists. I want a fresh install of Oracle 8,
> >not a migration from Oracle 7.3 so that is why I am heading down this
> >road.
> >
> >Perry Hoekstra
> >Consultant
> >Talent Software Services
> >dutchman_at_mn.uswest.net
> >
Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 23:13:15 CDT