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Installing Oracle Components

This chapter describes how to install Oracle components.

Specific topics discussed are:

• Installation Differences Between Windows Operating Systems and UNIX

• Preinstallation Tasks

• Installing Oracle8i Client

• Installing Oracle Components in Non-Interactive Mode

• Customizing Installations with Oracle Software Packager

• Installing the Oracle8i Online Documentation

  Note: For a list of components installed with each Oracle8i Client installation type, see "Oracle8i Client Components".

Installation Differences Between Windows Operating Systems and UNIX

DBAs experienced with installing Oracle components in UNIX environments must note that many manual setup tasks required on UNIX are not required on Windows operating systems. For example, on Windows operating systems, you do not need to manually:

• Set environmental variables

• Create a UNIX DBA group for database administrators

• Create a UNIX group for users running Oracle Universal Installer

• Create a UNIX account solely dedicated to installing and upgrading Oracle components

All preinstallation tasks required on Windows operating systems are thoroughly described in this chapter.

Preinstallation Tasks

Perform the following tasks before installing Oracle components.

Note: You must reboot your computer after all first time Oracle installations on Windows 95 and 98. Subsequent installations do not require a reboot if the Oracle home remains the same. If the Oracle home changes, then reboot the computer.

To perform preinstallation tasks:

1. Ensure that you have read the appropriate online documentation described in "What Documentation Do I Read First?" before you begin installation.

2. Ensure that you have reviewed and satisfied applicable system and component requirements in Chapter 3, "Installation Requirements" before you begin installation.

3. Start your operating system.

4. If you are installing on Windows NT, log on as a member of the Administrators group to the computer on which to install Oracle components.

   Note: Do not manually set ORACLE_HOME in the environment path. This is automatically done in the registry. Setting ORACLE_HOME in the environment path is not necessary or recommended and prevents multiple Oracle home environments from functioning properly. See Chapter 3 of the Oracle8i Client Administrator's Guide for Windows for more information.

5. If applicable, install and test your network hardware and software.

6. Stop all Oracle services (if installing on Windows NT and any services are running) for the Oracle home into which you want to install Oracle components:
   1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Services.

   2. If any Oracle services (their names begin with Oracle) exist and have the status Started, select the service and click Stop.

   3. Click Close to exit the Services window.

7. Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

   The Autorun window automatically appears. If the Autorun window does not appear:

   1. Choose Start > Run.

   2. Enter the following:

      DRIVE_LETTER:\AUTORUN\AUTORUN.EXE
      

      The Autorun window appears.

8. See "Installing Oracle8i Client" for instructions on installing Oracle components.

Installing Oracle8i Client

Follow these procedures to install Oracle8i Client components.

Note: Using the old Oracle Installer (the pre-Oracle Universal Installer shipped with releases 7.x and 8.0.x) to install components into a release 8.1 Oracle home directory is not supported. Likewise, you cannot install release 8.1.6 components into a release 7.x, 8.0.x, 8.1.3, or 8.1.4 Oracle home.

Note: Oracle Universal Installer automatically installs Oracle's version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). This version is required to run Oracle Universal Installer and several Oracle assistants. Do not modify the JRE, unless doing so with a patch provided by Oracle Support Services.

To install Oracle components:

1. Ensure that you have followed all preinstallation steps described in "Preinstallation Tasks".

2. Choose Install/Deinstall Products from the Autorun window.

   The Welcome window appears.

3. Click Next.

   The File Locations window appears. Do not change the directory path in the Source field. This is the CD-ROM location of files for installation.

4. Enter the Oracle home name and directory path in which to install Oracle8i Client components in the Destination fields.

   The home name can be up to 16 characters in length and must only include alphanumeric characters and underscores. The default directory path is <drive with the most available space>:\ORACLE\ORA81.

   Attention: If you have an existing Oracle home created with a pre-8.1.x release, you must change the default installation location to a different location.

5. Click Next.

   The Installation Types window appears.

6. Select the installation type you want to install and click Next.

7. See the appropriate section based on the selection you made in step 6.

   For Installation Instructions On...	See This Section...
   Administrator, Programmer, or Application User	"Administrator, Programmer, or Application User"
   Custom	"Custom"

Administrator, Programmer, or Application User

The Summary window appears.

1. Review the information to ensure that you have enough disk space and click Install.

2. Wait until the selected components are installed.

3. The Configuration Tools window appears if Net8 Configuration Assistant is not currently installed on your computer. Net8 Configuration Assistant prompts you to select a method by which to configure client access to your Oracle8i database.

4. Select a method. See the online Help and "Client Network Configuration" for more information on your choices. Net8 Configuration Assistant helps you configure client access to your database.

   The End of Installation window appears.

5. Click Exit to exit Oracle Universal Installer or click Next Install to install additional components.

   See Also: See "Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session" for a summary of your installation session

Custom

The Available Product Components window appears if you selected Custom at step 6. The Install Status column of the Available Product Components window displays the status of all components available for installation:

This Status...	Means the Component Is...
Installed	Already installed
New Install	Selected to be installed for the first time
Not Installed	Not currently installed or selected for installation
Reinstall	Currently installed, but you have chosen to reinstall
Upgrade	Currently installed, but will be upgraded

1. Ensure that components you want to install are checked in their corresponding check box.

   Note: Exercise care when selecting or deselecting components for installation. If you uncheck a check box of a component, that component will not be installed.

2. Select appropriate components to install and click Next.

   The Component Locations window appears and enables you to select alternate locations in which to install some components.

3. Click Next to accept the default locations. Otherwise, click a component to enable a text box for changing the default location. Then, click Next.

4. If you selected any of the following components, provide appropriate responses when prompted. Note that most components install silently without prompting you for additional information.

   If You Selected...	You Are...
   Oracle Advanced Security	Prompted to select the authentication methods for which you want Oracle support.
   Oracle Protocol Support	Prompted to select the network protocol adapters for which to provide Oracle support.
   Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server	Prompted to install Microsoft Transaction Server after installation, if it is not currently installed.

   The Summary window appears.

5. Review the information to ensure that you have enough disk space and click Install.

6. If you selected Net8 Client for installation, the Configuration Tools window appears. Net8 Configuration Assistant automatically starts (if this is the first time that it is being installed on your computer) and prompts you to select a method by which to configure client access to your Oracle8i database.

7. Select a method. See the online Help and "Client Network Configuration" for more information on your choices. Net8 Configuration Assistant helps you configure client access to your database.

   The End of Installation window appears.

8. Click Exit to exit Oracle Universal Installer or click Next Install to install additional components.

   See Also: "Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session" for a summary of your installation session

Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session

An installation session log that describes the actions performed and the components installed is located in:

X:\PROGRAM FILES\ORACLE\INVENTORY\LOGS\INSTALLACTIONS.LOG

where X is the hard drive on which your operating system is located.

INSTALLACTIONS.LOG is the latest log file. Log file names of previous installation sessions take the form INSTALLACTIONSDATE_TIME.LOG (for example, INSTALLACTIONS1999-07-14_09-00-56-AM.LOG).

You can also view a list of installed components by clicking Installed Products on any window of Oracle Universal Installer.

Installing Oracle Components in Non-Interactive Mode

Typically, you run Oracle Universal Installer in interactive mode, which means you are prompted to respond to windows. However, experienced users can also run Oracle Universal Installer in non-interactive (also called silent) mode by using response files. These are text files containing variables and values used by Oracle Universal Installer during the installation process.

Using silent installation enables you to bypass the graphical user interface (GUI) of interactive mode of Oracle Universal Installer. Response files are available for the following components:

Response File Name	This File Silently Runs The...
CLIENTADMIN.RSP	Oracle8i Client Administrator installation
CLIENTPROGMR.RSP	Oracle8i Client Programmer installation
CLIENTAPPUSER.RSP	Oracle8i Client Application User installation
CLIENTCUSTOM.RSP	Oracle8i Client Custom installation
NET8CA.RSP	Net8 Configuration Assistant
EMCA.RSP	Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant to create a repository. Note that you cannot perform some advanced features, such as repository upgrade, repository deletion, and repository modification from silent, non-interactive mode. These advanced features must be performed through the interactive mode of Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant.

Copying and Modifying a Response File

To copy and modify a response file:

1. Copy the appropriate templates from the \RESPONSE directory at the top of the CD-ROM to your hard drive.

2. Choose Start > Programs > Oracle Installation Products > Universal Installer Concepts Guide.

   The Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide appears in HTML format.

3. Modify the templates with any text file editor by following the instructions in the response files and the Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide.

Running Oracle Universal Installer and Specifying a Response File

To run Oracle Universal Installer and specify the response file:

1. Go to the MS-DOS command prompt.

2. Go to the directory where Oracle Universal Installer is installed:

   C:\PROGRAM FILES\ORACLE\OUI\INSTALL> SETUP.EXE -RESPONSEFILE FILENAME 
   [-SILENT] [-NOWELCOME]
   

   Where...	Description
   FILENAME	Identifies the specific response file
   -SILENT	Runs Oracle Universal Installer in complete silent mode. The Welcome window is suppressed automatically.
   -NOWELCOME	Suppresses the Welcome window that appears during installation

3. See Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide for more information.

Customizing Installations with Oracle Software Packager

Oracle Software Packager enables application developers to create customized component installations with Oracle Universal Installer. Oracle Software Packager provides the following features:

Feature	Description
Step-by-step wizards	Enables you to define all installation properties for your computer using a graphical interface
Code block grammar	Enables you to define calculations and conditions with Oracle Software Packager's own code language, which uses similar constructs to C/C++ and Java
Extensible Java libraries	Enables you to perform tasks through predefined action, query, and dialog libraries, including copying files, setting environment variables, and creating registry entries. Custom Java libraries can be imported into Oracle Software Packager for your specific needs.
Easy integration with other product installations	Does not require editing access to an installation definition for it to be defined as a dependent of the product being packaged. This makes it easy for customers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and value-added resellers (VARs) to integrate multiple components into one common bundle.

To find out more about Oracle Software Packager:

1. Visit the Oracle Technology Network:

   http://technet.oracle.com/
   

2. Click Documentation.

3. Click Software Packager.

4. Enter your Oracle Technology Network user name and password when prompted.

   Note: If you do not have a user name and password, click Cancel. You are directed to a site at which you can become a free member of the Oracle Technology Network.

   The Oracle Software Packager User's Guide appears.

Installing the Oracle8i Online Documentation

The Oracle8i Online Documentation is included on a separate CD-ROM. Documentation is available in both hypertext markup language (HTML) and portable document format (PDF) formats. You can install and view your Oracle8i Online Documentation on your hard drive.

To install the Oracle8i Online Documentation:

1. Insert the Oracle8i Online Documentation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

   The Autorun window appears. If the Autorun window does not appear:

   1. Choose Start > Run.

   2. Enter the following:

      DRIVE_LETTER:\AUTORUN\AUTORUN.EXE
      

      The Autorun window appears.

2. Choose Install/Deinstall Products from the Autorun window.

   The Welcome window appears.

3. Click Next.

   The File Locations window appears. Do not change the directory path in the Source field. This is the CD-ROM location of files for installation.

4. Enter the Oracle home name and directory path in which to install the Oracle8i Online Documentation in the Destination fields.

   The home name can be up to 16 characters in length and must only include alphanumeric characters and underscores. The default directory path is <drive with the most available space>:\ORACLE\ORA81.

   Attention: If you have an existing Oracle home created with a pre-8.1.x release, you must change the default installation location to a different location.

5. Click Next.

   The Summary window appears.

6. Review the information to ensure that you have enough disk space and click Install.

7. Wait for installation to complete.

   The End of Installation window appears.

8. Click Exit to exit Oracle Universal Installer.

To view your installed documentation:

1. Ensure that you have the following Web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.

   For...	Use...
   A Web browser	One of the following Java-enabled browsers: Netscape Navigator version 3.0 or later Visit http://www.netscape.com Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later Visit http://www.microsoft.com Note: The Oracle Information Navigator can work only with a Java-enabled browser.
   An Adobe Acrobat Reader	Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or later Visit http://www.adobe.com

2. Choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Documentation.

   Your Web browser is automatically started, and a welcome page listing the documentation categories described in "Online Documentation Set" appears.

   Oracle Information Navigator also appears shortly thereafter.

3. Navigate through your Oracle8i Online Documentation.

4. Click the question mark icon to access help for instructions on using Oracle Information Navigator.

   Notes: Some notes on using Oracle Information Navigator, the Java-based search and navigation applet: The Java components of Oracle Information Navigator do not work on Windows 3.1. You can still access the Oracle8i Online Documentation; however, you will not be able to use Oracle Information Navigator. You can click PRODUCTS.HTM in the \DOC directory. This starts the Oracle8i Online Documentation without attempting to start the Oracle Information Navigator. To use Oracle Information Navigator, use a 32-bit Microsoft operating system such as Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98. Changes to Microsoft's Internet Explorer release 3.02 to address security issues may prevent Oracle Information Navigator from starting and displaying properly. This does not affect your access to the Oracle8i Online Documentation.

   Notes: Some notes on using Adobe Acrobat Reader: After several documents are opened in Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may receive an error message when trying to open an additional document, stating that the document does not exist. This error message occurs because memory is low. To solve the problem, close any open documents that you are not using, and continue. You must use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or greater to view the PDF documentation set.