Installing Oracle Database Client

Explains how to run Oracle Universal Installer to perform most database client installations.

• Guidelines for Installing Oracle Database Client
  In most cases, Oracle Universal Installer provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to install Oracle Universal Installer to install Oracle Database Client. However, you can also use Oracle Universal Installer to complete silent or response file installations, without using the GUI.
• Procedure for Installing Oracle Database Client
  Review the procedure in this topic for installing Oracle Database Client.

Guidelines for Installing Oracle Database Client

In most cases, Oracle Universal Installer provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to install Oracle Universal Installer to install Oracle Database Client. However, you can also use Oracle Universal Installer to complete silent or response file installations, without using the GUI.

This method is particularly useful if you need to perform multiple installations of Oracle Database Client.

As you install Oracle Database Client, follow these guidelines:

• Do not use Oracle Universal Installer from an earlier Oracle product release to install components from this release.

• Use the same installation media to install Oracle Database Client on all supported Windows platforms.

• If you reinstall Oracle software into an Oracle home directory where Oracle Database Client is already installed, then you must reinstall any components that were installed before you began the reinstallation.

• Do not modify the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) except by using a patch provided by Oracle Support Services. Oracle Universal Installer automatically installs the Oracle-supplied version of the JRE. This version is required to run Oracle Universal Installer and several Oracle assistants.

• If you encounter errors during installation, click Help.

• Products not installed by default, in case of Custom installation:

  • Oracle SQLJ

  • Oracle Database Utilities

  • Oracle Java Client

  • SQL *Plus

  • Oracle JDBC/THIN Interfaces

  • Oracle Internet Directory Client

  • Oracle Call Interface (OCI)

  • Oracle Programmer

  • Oracle XML Development Kit

  • Oracle Advanced Security

  • OLAP Analytic Workspace Manager and Worksheet

  • Oracle Net

  • Oracle Connection Manager

  • Oracle Net Listener

  • Oracle Multimedia Client Option

  • Oracle ODBC Driver

  • Oracle Clusterware High Availability API

  • Oracle SQL Developer

  • Oracle Scheduler Agent

  • Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server

  • Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows

  • Oracle Provider for OLE DB

  • Oracle Data Provider for .NET

  • Oracle Providers for ASP .NET

Procedure for Installing Oracle Database Client

Review the procedure in this topic for installing Oracle Database Client.

Use Oracle Universal Installer to install the Oracle Database Client software.

To install Oracle Database Client, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to Windows as an Administrator user. If you are installing on a Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or a Backup Domain Controller (BDC), log on as a member of the Domain Administrators group.
2. Navigate to the location of the installation media for Oracle Database Client, open a command prompt with administrator privileges, and run the setup.exe command. Use the same installation media to install Oracle Database on all supported Windows platforms.
3. In the Select Installation Type screen, select the type of installation that you want: Instant Client, Administrator, Runtime, or Custom and click Next.
4. Starting with Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1), during installation, you can specify an Oracle Home User associated with the Oracle Database home on the Specify Oracle Home User screen. The Oracle home user owns all the Windows services run by the Oracle Database software. You can either specify an existing Windows user, or have the installer create the user for you. The Oracle Home User and several database services with the proper Access Control Lists (ACLs) are configured during installation. Select Use Windows Built-in Account if you do not specify an Oracle Home User during installation. Then the services for the Oracle home run as the LocalService or LocalSystem user. The Oracle Home User is not available if you select Instant Client as the type of installation.
5. In the Specify Installation Location screen, enter the following details:

   Oracle Base: This path appears by default. You can change the path based on your requirement.

   The Oracle Base section is not displayed if you select Instant Client as the type of installation.

   In the Software Location section, accept the default value or enter the Oracle home directory path in which you want to install Oracle components. The directory path must not contain spaces. Click Next.

6. If you selected Custom as the type of installation, then the Available Product Components screen is displayed. Select the products that you want to install and click Next.

   Note:

   Starting with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2), you can install Oracle Connection Manager, Oracle Net Listener, Oracle Scheduler Agent, and Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server using the Custom install option.
7. If you selected Oracle Scheduler Agent as one of the components to install, then the Oracle Database Scheduler Agent screen is displayed with the default host name and default port number. Enter the Scheduler Agent Hostname and the Scheduler Agent Port Number. Click Next.
8. The Perform Prerequisite Checks screen verifies if your computer meets the minimum system requirements to install the desired product. Click Next.

   Note:

   Oracle recommends that you use caution in checking the Ignore All option. If you check this option, then Oracle Universal Installer may not confirm that your system is able to install Oracle Database successfully.
9. Review the information displayed in the Summary screen, and click Install.

   Note:

   Starting with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2), you can save all the installation steps into a response file by clicking Save Response File. Later, this file can be used for a silent installation.
10. The Install Product screen shows the progress of a client installation. After Oracle Database Client is installed, click OK.
11. If you perform a Custom installation, then select Oracle Net Listener from the list of components.
12. In the Finish screen, click Close to exit Oracle Universal Installer.