Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide - Oracle Documentation

Creating an Oracle Home
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Settings
Path
Oracle Installation Settings in Destination (Cont.)
Functions
Enter an Oracle home and its full path or select an Oracle home from a drop
down list of existing Oracle Homes. The Oracle home location is the directory
where products are installed.
List of Oracle homes on Windows platforms:
■ All Oracle homes that are already created using the Oracle Universal
Installer
■ All homes created using the previous Oracle Installer (ORCA-based)
■ The home that the ORACLE_HOME environment variable points to
List of Oracle homes on UNIX:
■ All Oracle homes that are already created using the Oracle Universal
Installer
■ All homes as defined in the /var/opt/oratab file
■ The home that the ORACLE_HOME environment variable points to
If none of these homes exists, a default home is calculated based on the disk
volume with the largest amount of free space.
Datafiles may or may not be installed within an Oracle home. You may use the
Browse button to choose a directory to install your product.
For Windows platforms: it must be a valid path that is not in the Windows
directory. Different homes cannot share the same location.
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