Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Removing Oracle 11gR2 software

To clean up the installed Oracle 11gR2 software, execute the deinstall script. It is present in $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall directory.

$ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/deinstall
Checking for required files and bootstrapping ...
Please wait ...
Location of logs /scratch/Oracle/OraInventory/logs/

############ ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL START ############


######################## CHECK OPERATION START ########################
Install check configuration START


Checking for existence of the Oracle home location /scratch/Oracle11gr2/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
Oracle Home type selected for de-install is: SIDB
Oracle Base selected for de-install is: /scratch/Oracle11gr2
Checking for existence of central inventory location /scratch/Oracle/OraInventory