Wednesday, May 20, 2015

How to deinstall Oracle 10g database software

How to deinstall Oracle 10g database software

In oracle 10g, you need to use the oui (oracle universal installer) script supplied in the $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin folder, as shown below.


# Log in as the oracle 10g user, and set the environment to the ORACLE_HOME you are about remove.
# Check the current ORACLE_HOME
echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u01/oracle/product/10.2.0.4/db

# run oui in silent mode, and point to the correct Oracle 10g home:
cd /u01/oracle/product/10.2.0.4/db/oui/bin
./runInstaller -deinstall -silent REMOVE_HOMES={"/u01/oracle/product/10.2.0.4/db"}


Expected output:
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

No pre-requisite checks found in oraparam.ini, no system pre-requisite checks will be executed.

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2015-05-20_08-51-59AM. Please wait ...
Oracle Universal Installer, Version 10.2.0.4.0 Production

Copyright (C) 1999, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Starting deinstall

Deinstall in progress (Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:52:24 AM CEST)
Configuration assistant "iSQL*Plus Configuration Assistant" succeeded
Configuration assistant "Oracle Database Configuration Assistant" succeeded
Configuration assistant "Oracle Net Configuration Assistant - Deinstall Script" failed
............................................................................................................... 100% Done.

Deinstall successful

End of install phases.(Wednesday, May 20, 2015 8:56:17 AM CEST)
End of deinstallations

Please check '/u01/oracle/oraInventory/logs/silentInstall2015-05-20_08-51-59AM.log' for more details.
To verify the deinstallation, check the oracle inventory, in my case /u01/oracle/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml

There should be a row similar to:


Remove the old ORACLE_HOME folder physically from disk:
cd /u01/oracle/product
rm -rf 10.2.0.4

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