Windows requires Administrator privileges at the command prompt. This method supports only the Oracle Home User passwords.Įnsure that you enclose the variable and its setting in quotes. For example: DRIVE_LETTER:\ setup.exe_location> setup -silent -promptForPassword " ORACLE_HOME=C:\app\product".
#Silent install builder similar password#
Use the -promptForPassword flag if you do not want to embed the password in the response file and also do not want to pass them on command-line argument. For example: DRIVE_LETTER:\ setup.exe_location> setup -silent "s_dlgRBOPassword= password". This method is particularly useful if you do not want to embed sensitive information, such as passwords, in the response file. For example: DRIVE_LETTER:\ setup.exe_location> setup -silent " ORACLE_HOME=C:\app\product". For instance, to specify the Oracle home, you would supply the appropriate value for the ORACLE_HOME variable, as in the following example: ORACLE_HOME="C:\app\product"Īnother way of specifying the response file variable settings is to pass them as command line arguments when you run Oracle Universal Installer.
You define the settings for a silent or response file installation by entering values for the variables listed in the response file. To use response file mode, run setup.exe without the -silent parameter, but include the response file or any other parameters that apply. The advantage is that you can validate the values in the screens for which you have provided the information in the response file and continue with the installation. Response File mode: During a response file mode installation, Oracle Universal Installer displays all the screens, screens for which you specify information in the response file and also screens for which you did not specify the required information in the response file. To use silent mode, you run setup.exe with the -silent parameter and include a response file, which contains responses to the Oracle Universal Installer prompts. Instead it displays progress information in the command window where you started it. Silent mode: Oracle Universal Installer does not display any screens. When you use response files to provide this information, you run Oracle Universal Installer at a command prompt using either of the following modes: Typically, Oracle Universal Installer runs in the interactive mode, which means that it prompts you to provide information in graphical user interface (GUI) screens. General Procedure for Using Response Files Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode It includes information about the following topics: Oracle Universal Installer uses the values in the response file to provide answers to some or all of the Oracle Universal Installer prompts.
You can automate the installation and configuration of Oracle software, either fully or partially, by specifying a response file when you start Oracle Universal Installer.