Thursday, March 22, 2012

Error during Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Examples Installation

Hi All


This is the error that I got during the installation of  Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Examples.


Reproduce Issue:
1. Download and extract the  Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Examples to /11G_examples folder
2. cd  /11G_examples/examples
3. ./runInstaller
 Here the Error:
INS-32016  The selected Oracle home contains directories or files.
INS-32018  The selected Oracle home is outside of Oracle base.
INS-32025  The chosen installation conflicts software already installed in the given Oracle home.
INS-32018  Oracle Database Examples can only be installed into an existing Oracle Home. 


Reason:
!!!Seems that this is the Rapid Installer bug!!!


Action Plan (workaround):
1. Go to $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin
2. Run ./runInstaller.sh
3. Change the source product file to  /11G_examples/examples/stage/product.xml 
 4. Next
 5. Next
 6. Install

 7. Exit. Now Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Examples were installed successfully.
Good Luck ...



18 comments:

  1. Great advice, simple and to the point. Many thanks!

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    1. Thank You, had tough time installing directly, I didn't knew that we can do this way. Thanks buddy

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  2. hi arty, kindly tell me the installation method of examples on windows vista for 11g xe

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  3. Thanks for the suggestion! I was banging my head on the desk trying to figure out what was going on. :) Worked once I used the Universal Installer.

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  4. Thank you very much, you saved my day

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  5. I tried this, but when I enter the path to the products.xml file, it gives me an error:

    "There was a problem in accessing the staging area. Please make sure the specified value for 'Source' is valid."

    I know the path is correct, not sure why it isn't accepting it...any ideas?

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    2. Hi Brandon,
      Please check that your database is registered correct.
      Good Luck...

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  6. Do you know how to open the oui welcome screen on windows 7? i can't fix this problem and it is driving me mad

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    1. Hi David,
      This is need to be ORACLE_HOME\oui\bin\runInstaller.bat
      Good Luck.

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  7. This is an amazing workaround !! thanks so much man :)

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  8. I am getting the following error in step 4;
    OUI-10133 : Invalid Staging Area. There are no top level components for Windows NT, Windows 2000 available for installation in this staging area.

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    1. Hi Kishor,
      Seems that the Source location is wrong.
      If you want ,you can send me the screen shots to the mail and I will try to help you.

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  9. Could you please assist me here to resolve?

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