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Deinstallation and Reinstallation

Deinstalling Using Oracle Universal Installer

Perform the following steps to deinstall Oracle9i Procedural Gateway for IBM MQSeries.

Deinstalling Oracle9i Procedural Gateway for IBM MQSeries

1. Start the Oracle Universal Installer.  For information about starting the installer, refer to Starting Oracle Universal Installer.

   After the Oracle Universal Installer is launched, the Welcome screen appears.  Click on Deinstall Products.

   The Welcome screen provides information about Oracle Universal Installer.

   The Oracle Universal Installer provides you with two ways to deinstall products:

   • Deinstall Products: deinstall individual components or the entire product.

   • Installed Products: View currently installed products and deinstall individual components or the entire product.

2. Review all installed components and check the ones you wish to deinstall.  Click Remove.

   Figure 6-1 Inventory Screen

   
   

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

   The Inventory screen displays all of the components that are installed in ORACLE_HOME.

   The following buttons appear on the Inventory screen:

   • Help: Access detailed information about the functionality of the Inventory screen.

   • Remove: deinstall all checked components from ORACLE_HOME.

   • Save As: Save the inventory as text.  A file browser dialog pops us when you click Save As.  Accept a file name and the complete inventory list as displayed by the inventory screen will be logged into this file as text.

   • Close: Quit the Inventory screen.

   • Location: View the full location path of the selected component. 

     
     

     Note: The "+" sign before a product name indicates that there are more components and files installed within that particular product.  Click on it to view dependent components.  If you choose to remove a product or component, then all of its dependent components and files are also deinstalled.

     
     

   If you wish to deinstall Oracle9i Procedural Gateway for IBM MQSeries completely, check the box displayed before the product name.  It is listed directly below the ORACLE_HOME name. 

   
   

   Note: If you deinstall a product or component, then all of its dependent components and files will also be deinstalled.

   
   

3. Verify the components selected for deinstallation, and click Yes.

   Figure 6-2 Confirmation Screen

   
   

   The Confirmation screen lists all the components selected for deinstallation in the previous step.  Scroll down the screen to verify selected components.

   The following buttons appear on the Confirmation screen:

   • Help: Access detailed information about the functionality of the Confirmation screen.

   • Yes: Start deinstallation of listed components.

   • No: Return to the Inventory screen.  Listed components are not removed from ORACLE_HOME.

4. Monitor the deinstallation process.

   The Remove Progress Bar screen appears when you click Remove.  The Oracle Universal Installer detects all components chosen for deinstallation from the Inventory screen and removes them from ORACLE_HOME.

   • Cancel: To discontinue the deinstallation process.

     
     

     Note: If you deinstall a product or component, then all of its dependent components and files will also be deinstalled.

     
     

You have successfully deinstalled Oracle9i Procedural Gateway for IBM MQSeries.