runInstaller Command

The runInstaller command provides various flags that you can use without specifying any command option.

Syntax

runInstaller [-silent [-ignorePrereqFailure]] [-responseFile responsefilename] [-debug] [-applyRU patch_directory] 
[-applyOneOffs list_of_patch_directory_locations] [-executeConfigTools [-skipStackCheck]]

Parameters

Table B-1 runInstaller Command Parameters

Parameter	Description
-help	Displays runInstaller command help.
-silent	Run the installer in the silent mode. You can either provide a response file path for inputs or a list of command line variable value pairs.
-ignorePrereqFailure	Specify this option to ignore all prerequisite checks failures.
-responseFile	Absolute path of the response file, which has installation option values.
-debug	Run the Oracle Database installer in the debug mode.
-applyRU	Apply quarterly Release Update (RUs) to the Oracle Database home.
-applyOneOffs	Apply one-off patches to the Oracle Database home. You can pass multiple one-off patches as a comma separated list of locations.
-executeConfigTools	Run the configuration tools for an installed Oracle Database home. Note: You can use this parameter only with other commands, such as runInstaller -setupDBHome.
-skipStackCheck	Skip the stack status check.
-configMethod	Specify the configuration method to use for automatic root script execution. It can be either as the root user or as a sudo user.

Example

The following example shows you how to install the Oracle Database software using a response file.

runInstaller -silent -ignorePrereqFailure -responseFile /u01/app/oracle/product/23.0.0/dbhome_1/install/response/db_install.rsp