Running Oracle Universal Installer to Install 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. 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:

   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:

   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.