E Using Command-Line Options and Variables

This appendix explains the command-line options and variables that can be used to run the Oracle Universal Installer for installing Oracle Collaboration Suite. It contains the following topics:

This section contains the following topics:

• Section E.1, "Running Prerequisite Checks"

• Section E.2, "Starting Oracle Universal Installer"

• Section E.3, "Specifying Custom Ports"

E.1 Running Prerequisite Checks

You can just run the prerequisite checks without having to install Oracle Collaboration Suite components by using the following command:

./runInstaller -prereqChecker PREREQ_CONFIG_LOCATION=path_to_/stage/prereq 
-entryPoint entry_point

In the preceding syntax, the value of entry_point can be any of the following:

• oracle.ocs.infrastructure_Infrastructure: Used for checking the prerequisites for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Infrastructure.

• oracle.ocs.infrastructure_Infrastructure_ID: Used for checking the prerequisites for Infrastructure.

• oracle.ocs.infrastructure_Infrastructure_DB: Used for checking the prerequisites for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Database.

• oracle.ocs.infrastructure_Infrastructure_EnableDB: Used for checking the prerequisites for enabling Oracle Collaboration Suite Database in an existing database.

• oracle.ocs.midtier_Portals: Used for checking the prerequisites for Oracle Collaboration Suite portal.

• oracle.ocs.onebox_Complete: Used for checking the prerequisites for Infrastructure and Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Applications.

E.2 Starting Oracle Universal Installer

You can start the Oracle Universal Installer by using the following command:

runInstaller [options] [CommandLineVariable=Value]

In the preceding syntax, [options] can have the following values:

• -help: Used for displaying the help topics for using the command.

• -silent: Used for silent mode operations. The input parameters can include a response file name or list of command-line variable value pairs.

• -responseFile <Path>: Used for specifying the response file name and path.

• -formCluster: Used for installing the Oracle clusterware to form the cluster.

• -remoteshell <Path>: Used only for installing clusters. This parameter specifies the path to the remote shell program on the local cluster node.

• -remotecp <Path>: Used only for installing clusters. This parameter specifies the path to the remote copy program on the local cluster cluster.

• -record -destinationFile <Path>: Used for the record mode operation. This parameter specifies the destination file path, where information is recorded.

• -deinstall: Used for uninstallation operations.

• -debug: Used for retrieving the debug information from OUI.

• -ignoreSysPrereqs: Used for ignoring the results of system prerequisite checks.

• -executeSysPrereqs: Used for executing system prerequisite checks and exiting. A subset of the checks described in Section 2.10 will be performed by this option.

• -paramFile: Used for specifying the location of oraparam.ini file to be used by Oracle Universal Installer.

• -clone: Used for creating an Oracle_Home copy that matches its current environment.

• -force: Used for allowing silent mode installation in to a nonempty directory.

• -noconsole: Used for suppressing the display of messages to console.

• -removeAllPatches: Used for removing all interim patches from the Oracle_Home directory.

• -ignorePatchConflicts: Used for ignoring all conflicts with existing interim patches during an upgrade. The conflicting interim patches are removed from the Oracle_Home directory.

• -addNode: Used for adding nodes to the installation.

• -removeHome: Used for removing Oracle_Home directories from the Oracle Universal Installer inventory.

E.3 Specifying Custom Ports

For Oracle Collaboration Suite installation, you can specify custom port numbers in the following two ways:

• By using the Ports Configuration Options Screen during the installation

• By using the staticports.ini file

The Ports Configuration Screen enables you to select custom port numbers only for a few well-known ports. On the other hand, the staticports.ini file provides a wider range of the ports that can be used during installation.

Note:

If you pass the path to the staticports.ini file as a parameter while running the runInstaller command, then the Ports Configuration Options screen will not appear during the installation.

A sample staticports.ini file is located in the /response directory of the Oracle Collaboration Suite DVD.

The command-line options used to specify staticports.ini file are as follows:

• Use the following command for single-computer installation:

  ./runInstaller oracle.ocs.onebox:s_staticPorts=path_to_your_ini_file
  
  

• Use the following command for all types of Infrastructure installations:

  ./runInstaller oracle.ocs.infrastructure:s_staticPorts=path_to_your_ini_file
  
  

• Use the following command for Applications installation:

  ./runInstaller oracle.ocs.midtier:s_staticPorts=path_to_your_ini_file