This chapter describes how to remove Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer from your system.
You should always use the instructions provided in this chapter for removing the software. If you try to remove the software manually, you may experience problems when you try to reinstall the software again at a later time. Following the procedures in this chapter will ensure that the software is properly removed. See Section 4.3, "Reinstallation" for more information.
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If you need to remove a particular product component, you must remove the entire domain containing the component. It is not possible to remove a single product from a domain containing multiple products.The following topics are covered:
The Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer deinstaller gives you the following software removal options:
Deinstall Oracle Home
This option removes everything under the Oracle Home from which the deinstaller is started. Be sure that no system components are using the Oracle Home you want to remove.
Deinstall ASInstances managed by WebLogic Domain
This options removes instances of your system components that are managed by a WebLogic domain. You will need to specify credentials to access your WebLogic domain.
Deinstall Unmanaged ASInstances
This option removes instances of your system components not associated with a WebLogic domain.
This section contains information and instructions for removing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer. This procedure involves the following:
Before deinstalling Oracle Fusion Middleware software components, you should stop all servers and processes.
For more information about starting and stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware, refer to "Starting and Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.
Run the Repository Creation Utility (RCU) to drop the Oracle Portal and Oracle Discoverer schemas from your database.
See "Dropping Schemas" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Repository Creation Utility User's Guide for instructions.
Follow the instructions in this section to deinstall Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer.
Go to the ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin (on UNIX operating systems) or ORACLE_HOME\oui\bin (on Windows operating systems) directory and start the deinstaller.
On UNIX operating systems:
./runInstaller.sh -deinstall
On Windows operating systems:
setup.exe -deinstall
On Windows systems, you can also start the deinstaller from the Start menu by selecting Programs > Oracle Home - Home1 > Uninstall.
All managed and unmanaged Oracle Instances must be removed from the system before you remove the Oracle Home. Follow the instructions in this Table 4-1 to remove your managed Oracle Instances (these are instances that are associated with a WebLogic Domain):
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To remove a managed instance, the Administration Server must be up and running.Note:
If you want to remove an Oracle instance which is registered with a WebLogic domain, make sure to launch the deinstaller from Oracle Home directory that is associated with the Oracle instance you are removing.The deinstaller will list all instances associated with same WebLogic domain; make sure you choose to remove the instances that are associated with the Oracle Home from where you launched the deinstaller only.
Table 4-1 Removing Managed Oracle Instances
| No. | Screen | Description and Action Required |
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Click Next to continue. |
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Select Deinstall ASInstances managed by WebLogic Domain. Click Next to continue. |
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Specify the credentials of your WebLogic Domain. Click Next to continue. |
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Select the managed Oracle Instance you want to deinstall. Click Next to continue. |
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Verify the information on this screen. Click Deinstall to continue. |
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This screen shows the progress and status of the deinstallation. |
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Click Finish to dismiss the screen. |
Follow the instructions in this Table 4-2 to remove your unmanaged Oracle Instances (these are stand-alone instances that are not associated with a WebLogic Domain):
Table 4-2 Removing Unmanaged Oracle Instances
| No. | Screen | Description and Action Required |
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Click Next to continue. |
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Select Deinstall unmanaged ASInstances. Click Next to continue. |
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Specify the location of your unmanaged Oracle Instance. Click Next to continue. |
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Verify the information on this screen. Click Deinstall to continue. |
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This screen shows the progress and status of the deinstallation. |
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Click Finish to dismiss the screen. |
After all managed and unmanaged Oracle Instances have been removed, start the deinstaller again (Section 4.2.3.1, "Starting the Deinstaller") and follow the instructions in Table 4-3 to remove your Oracle home.
Table 4-3 Removing Your Oracle Home
| No. | Screen | Description and Action Required |
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Click Next to continue. |
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Select Deinstall Oracle Home. Click Next to continue. |
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Verify the Oracle home directory that is about the be deinstalled. Click Deinstall to continue. On the Warning screen, select whether or not you want the deinstaller to remove the Oracle home directory in addition to removing the software. Click Yes to have the deinstaller remove the software and Oracle home, No to remove only the software, or Cancel to return to the previous screen. If you select No, go to Section 4.2.4, "Manually Removing the Oracle Home Directory" for instructions on how to manually remove your Oracle home directory. |
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This screen shows the progress and status of the deinstallation. |
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Click Finish to dismiss the screen. |
This section describes how to remove the oracle_common directory. This directory contains its own deinstaller in oui/bin (on UNIX operating systems) or oui\bin (on Windows operating systems), just like any other Oracle Home directory.
To start the deinstaller, navigate to the MW_HOME/oracle_common/oui/bin (on UNIX operating systems) or MW_HOME\oracle_common\oui\bin (on Windows operating systems) directory and start the deinstaller.
The deinstaller requires the location of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system. When you installed Oracle WebLogic Server, a JRE was installed on your system. You can use this location (the location of the jre directory) to start the installer. The default location for the JRE is MW_HOME/jdk160_18 (on UNIX operating systems) or MW_HOME\jdk160_18 (on Windows operating systems), where MW_HOME is the Middleware Home directory.
On 64-bit platforms, the JRE location is the JAVA_HOME you used to install Oracle WebLogic Server.
On UNIX operating systems:
./runInstaller -deinstall -jreLoc JRE_LOCATION
On Windows operating systems:
setup.exe -deinstall -jreLoc JRE_LOCATION
You must specify the absolute path to your JRE_LOCATION; relative paths will not work.
After the deinstaller is started, follow the instructions in Table 4-3 to remove the Oracle Common home.
If you selected No on the warning screen during deinstallation, you must manually remove your Oracle home directory and any sub-directories. For example, if your Oracle Common home directory was /home/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common on a UNIX operating system:
> cd /home/Oracle/Middleware > rm -rf oracle_common
On a Windows operating system, if your Oracle Common home directory was C:\Oracle\Middleware\oracle_common, use a file manager window and navigate to the C:\Oracle\Middleware directory, then right-click on the oracle_common folder and select Delete.
Refer to "Uninstalling the Software" in Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Guide for instructions on how to remove Oracle WebLogic Server.
After this is finished, you must manually remove the Middleware home directory. For example, if your Middleware home directory was /home/Oracle/Middleware on a UNIX operating system:
> cd /home/Oracle > rm -rf Middleware
On a Windows operating system, if your Middleware home directory was C:\Oracle\Middleware, use a file manager window and navigate to the C:\Oracle directory, then right-click on the Middleware folder and select Delete.
If you have installed Oracle JDeveloper on your system, refer to Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle JDeveloper for instructions on how to remove this software from your system.
On Windows operating systems, you must also manually remove the program groups from the Start Menu\Programs folder. As an example (the folder names and program group names on your system may be different), you might remove the following from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs:
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.2.0
Oracle Portal 11g - Home1
Oracle WebLogic
On Windows operating systems, you should reboot your computer after you have finished removing all your programs to ensure proper cleanup.
The installer does not allow reinstallation of Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer in a directory that already contains an Oracle instance. To reinstall Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer in the same directory as before, you must:
Follow the instructions in Section 4.2.3.2, "Removing Your Oracle Instances"to remove all Oracle instances from the directory.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 2, "Installing Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer" to reinstall the software.