Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide - Oracle Documentation

Oracle Universal Installer Concepts
Providing a UNIX Group Name
If you are installing a product on a UNIX system, the Installer will also prompt you
toprovidethenameofthegroupwhichshouldownthebasedirectory.
You must choose a UNIX group name which will have permissions to update,
install, and deinstall Oracle software. Members of this group must have write
permissions to the base directory chosen.
Only users who belong to this group are able to install or deinstall software on this
machine.
Oracle Universal Installer Concepts
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TheOracleUniversalInstallerinventory
The Oracle Universal Installer ORAPARAM.INI file
TheOracleUniversalInstallerExitCodes
About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
The Oracle Universal Installer inventory is the location for the Oracle Universal
Installer’s bookkeeping. The inventory stores information about:
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All Oracle software products installed in all Oracle homes on a machine
■ Other non-Oracle products, such as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
Starting with Oracle Universal Installer 2.1, the information in the Oracle Universal
Installer inventory is stored in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. The
XML format allows for easier diagnosis of problems and faster loading of data. Any
secure information is not stored directly in the inventory. As a result, during
deinstallation of some products, you or your customer may be prompted for
required secure information, such as passwords.
By default, the Universal Installer inventory is located in a series of directories at
/Program Files/Oracle/Inventory on Windows computers and in the
/Inventory directory on UNIX computers.
To identify the exact location of the inventory on your system, see the following
sections.
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