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# 4 Deinstallation and Reinstallation

This chapter guides you through the deinstallation and reinstallation processes for Oracle Developer Suite. They are described in the following topics:

- Section 4.1, "Deinstallation"

- Section 4.2, "Reinstallation"

## 4.1 Deinstallation

The following section guides you through the deinstallation process.

### 4.1.1 Deinstalling Using the Installer

1. For Windows, terminate all Oracle services before starting the deinstallation process. For Linux and Solaris, you should kill all Oracle processes before starting the deinstallation process.

2. Start the installer. See Section 2.11.4, "Starting the Installer", if you need instructions.

   Note: The installer displays all Oracle products and components installed in all Oracle homes on this computer. You can deinstall as many products as you wish. These instructions only cover the deinstallation of Oracle Developer Suite. You cannot deinstall individual components of Oracle Developer Suite. If you select one component of Oracle Developer Suite and attempt to deinstall it, the installer will remove all of Oracle Developer Suite.

   Once the installer starts, it displays the Welcome screen. Click Deinstall Products.

   The Welcome screen provides you with two ways to deinstall products:

   - Deinstall Products: Click this to deinstall individual products.

   - Installed Products: Click this to view currently installed products and deinstall products.

3. Review the list of installed products in the Inventory screen, then select Oracle Developer Suite.

   The Inventory screen appears when you click Deinstall Products on the Welcome screen, or Installed Products on any screen.

   Note: The "+" sign before a name indicates that there are more components and files installed within that particular name. Click the "+" sign to view dependent components and files.

   The inventory screen consists of one or two tabbed panes.

   The Contents pane always appears. It displays the Oracle products currently installed on the computer and offers the following buttons and product information:

   - Location: Click this to display the full location path of the selected product or component.

   - Show Empty Homes: Click this to toggle the display of installed products. If this checkbox is set, the display includes directory information for each DevSuiteHome that does not currently have a product installed in it.

   - Remove: Click this to deinstall all checked products from the DevSuiteHome. A Confirmation screen appears.

   - Help: Click this to access detailed information about the functionality of the Inventory screen.

   - Save As: Click this to save the inventory list as text. A file browser dialog appears when you click Save As. Enter a file name, click Save, and the inventory list will be written to this file as text.

   - Close: Click this to quit the Inventory screen.

   The Environment pane appears on Windows platforms. It displays the path and environment variables currently set for each `DevSuiteHome` that is installed on this computer. It offers the following buttons and product information:

   - Central Inventory Location: This is directory that contains information about each DevSuiteHome that is installed on this computer.

   - Oracle homes list: This is a list of each `ORACLE_HOME` (including DevSuiteHomes) installed on this computer. The name and directory path are listed for each Oracle home.

   - Path: This is the current value of the Windows `PATH` environment variable.

   - Apply: Click this to add Oracle home directories to the `PATH` environment variable. To use this, select one or more ORACLE_HOME (or DevSuiteHome) instances from the list, then click Apply to add them to the `PATH` variable. You can change the order in which Oracle home directories are listed in the `PATH` variable by using the up and down arrows at the right side of the Oracle homes list.

   - Help: Click this to access detailed information about the functionality of the Inventory screen.

   - Save As: Click this to save the directory information as text. A file browser dialog appears when you click Save As. Enter a file name. The complete list of Oracle homes and the value of the `PATH` variable will be logged into this file as text.

   - Close: Click this to quit the Inventory screen.

4. Write down the full location path of Oracle Developer Suite that is displayed in the Location box. You will need this information when you manually delete files and folders after the installer has completed.

5. When you are ready to proceed, click Remove... .

6. At the Confirmation screen, verify your choice and click Yes.

   The Confirmation screen appears when you click Remove on the Inventory screen.

   The Confirmation screen lists all the products selected for deinstallation. Scroll down the screen to verify the list.

   The following buttons appear on the Confirmation screen:

   - Help: Click this to get help for the Confirmation screen.

   - Yes: Click this to start deinstalling the list of selected products.

   - No: Click this to return to the Inventory screen. The list of selected products is not removed from the Oracle home.

   Click Yes to start the deinstallation.

7. Monitor the deinstallation process.

   The Remove Progress Bar screen appears when you click Yes on the Confirmation screen. The installer detects and removes all selected components of Oracle Developer Suite.

   The following button appears on the Remove Progress Bar screen:

   - Cancel: Click this to discontinue the deinstallation process. A message dialog appears, prompting you to confirm that you want to stop the deinstallation process. Click Yes to stop the deinstallation process; click No to continue deinstalling.

8. At the end of deinstallation, the Inventory screen appears again. Click Close to exit this screen and return to the Welcome screen.

9. At the Welcome screen, click Cancel to exit the installer, then click Yes to confirm that you wish to exit.

10. You must manually delete any remaining files and folders. Navigate to the location you noted in the previous step, and delete the files and folders.

11. For Windows only: Reboot the computer.

    You have successfully deinstalled Oracle Developer Suite.

## 4.2 Reinstallation

The installer lets you upgrade an existing installation of Oracle Developer Suite with additional components. To do this, start the installer again and select the install type that contains the components you want. The installer will not overwrite existing component installations.

To completely reinstall Oracle Developer Suite by overwriting an existing installation, deinstall and then reinstall the product.

See Also: Section 4.1, "Deinstallation".