Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide - Oracle Documentation

Response File Format
Response File Sections
Session
Components
Function
The Sessions section lists various dialogs of the Oracle
Universal Installer.
Component sections define public variables. They can
also define installer variables.
Values Within a Section
Values for variables are specified as = :
The values that are given as must be specified for a silent
installation to be successful.
To specify a default value, specify the value as = :
For values that are given as , you may optionally specify a
value, where can be one of the following types listed below:
Type
Represented As
Number 10
Boolean
true or false (either case can be used)
String
“Value”
String List
{“value1”, “value2”}
can be specified as Forced or Default.
If you specify Forced, no dialog appears during installation. The value is
automatically used. The user does not have the option to change the value.
If you specify Default, the dialog appears during installation with the value as the
default.Theuserhastheoptiontochooseanothervalue.
If nothing is specified for , Forced is used as the default.
For example of the format of values is shown below:
InstallType=Default:"Minimum"
Comments Within a Section
Comments begin with a "#" (hash or pound) symbol. They contain information
about the type of the variable, state whether the variable appears in dialog, and
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