Table (UNKNOWN STEP NUMBER) lists and describes supported Installer command line parameters:
Table C-1 Installer Command Line Parameters
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Installation Modes - Only One Mode Can be Specified |
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-i | -install |
Launches the Installer in GUI mode. This is the default mode and is used if no mode is specified on the command line. |
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-silent |
Install in silent mode. The Installer must be passed either a response file or command line variable value pairs. |
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-d | -deinstall |
Launches the Installer in GUI mode for deinstallation. |
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-p | -prerequisite |
Launches the Installer in GUI mode but only checks the prerequisites. No software is installed. |
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-v | -validate |
Launches the Installer in GUI mode and performs all prerequisite and validation checking, but does not install any software. |
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-sv | -silentvalidate |
Performs all prerequisite and validation checking in silent mode. You must pass the Installer either a response file or a series of command line variable value pairs. |
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Installation Options |
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-help | --help | --usage |
Displays the usage parameters for the runInstaller command. |
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-invPtrLoc file |
Pointer to the inventory location file. Replace file with the full path and name of the oraInst.loc file. |
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-response file | -responseFile file |
Pointer to the response file. Replace file with the full path and name of the response file. |
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-jreLoc location |
Pointer to the location where Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed. Replace location with the full path to the jre directory where your JRE is installed. |
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-logLevel level |
Specify the level of logging performed by the Installer; all messages with a lower priority than the specified level will be recorded. Valid levels are:
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-debug |
Obtain debug information from the Installer. |
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-force |
Allow the silent installation to proceed in a non-empty directory. |
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-printdiskusage |
Log debugging information pertaining to disk usage. |
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-printmemory |
Log debugging information pertaining to memory usage. |
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-printtime |
Log debugging information pertaining to time usage. This command causes the timeTakentimestamp.log file to be created. |
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-waitforcompletion |
Windows only - the Installer will wait for completion instead of spawning the Java engine and exiting. |
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-noconsole |
Messages will not be displayed to the console window. |
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-ignoreSysPrereqs |
Ignore the results of the system prerequisite checks and continue with the installation. |
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-executeSysPrereqs |
Execute the system prerequisite checks only, then exit. |
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-paramFile file |
Specify the full path to the oraparam.ini file. This file is the initialization file for the Installer. The default location of this file is Disk1/install/platform. |
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-novalidation |
Disables all validation checking performed by the Installer. |
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-nodefaultinput |
For the GUI install, several screens have information or default values pre-populated. Specifying this option disables this behavior so that no information or values are pre-populated. |
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Command Line Variables |
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Installer Variables |
Installer variables are specified using varName=value. For example: ORACLE_HOME=/scratch/install/Oracle_IDM1 |
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Session Variables |
Session variables are specified using session:varName=value |