Oracle XE silent installation

[jabelsc]

Hello!

I want to silently install Oracle XE, so I check for it as a prerrequisite. In the command line field of this prerrequisite I have to specify:
/s /f1"c:\silentinstall.iss" /f2"c:\installationresult.txt".
The problem is that I have to specify the path of the file .iss in order to make the silent installation, but this file won't exist in the target computer and it is necessary to set the whole path, it is not valid a relative path of that file.
Can anybody help me on how to do that?
Thanks a lot.

Abel

[gigi]

Hi,

Advanced Installer support multiple files as prerequisites. So when you create your prerequisite switch to "Files" tab and add both required files: OracleXE.exe, OracleXE-install.iss. Make OracleXE.exe as primary. Now specify the command line in the "Properties" tab.

Note that this works only if you choose "File In Package" for the "Location" field.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Gigi
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Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[jabelsc]

Thanks a lot Gheorghe!

I've done what you said, but the problem is that in the 'command line' field I have to specify the path of the .iss file, for example:

/s /f1"silentinstall.iss" /f2"installationresult.txt".

But I think the point is that I must specify the complete path of the .iss file, e.g., c:\silentinstall.iss, and specifying only silentinstall.iss is not valid because the program doesn't know where to find it.

Regards,

Abel

[gigi]

Hi,

It should work with this command line: /s /f1"silentinstall.iss" /f2"installationresult.txt", because when the exe it's executed it's looking for the .iss file in the current folder.

Have you try to run the exe with this command line from command prompt? It works?

Regards,
Gigi
______________
Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[jabelsc]

Hi again!

Yes, I've tried to do that but it doesn't work in the command prompt neither. I've run out of ideas. Perhaps is a bug of Oracle XE.

Thanks a lot anyway.

Abel

[jabelsc]

Hi!

As a solution to this problem, is it possible to copy the .iss file to the target computer before installing the prerequisite?

Thanks in advance.

Abel

[gigi]

Hi,

As a solution to this problem, is it possible to copy the .iss file to the target computer before installing the prerequisite?

This can not be done since the prerequisites are executed first. But i don't think that this is the problem. Maybe the command line is incorrect, please try with this:/s /f1"OracleXE-install.iss /f2"installationresult.txt

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Gigi
_______________
Gheorghe Rada
Advanced Installer Team
http://www.advancedinstaller.com

[jabelsc]

It doesn't work either. I've tried to insert a new prerequisite to copy the .iss into a directory in the target computer, using xcopy, but it doesn't work.
Do you have any other idea on how can I solve this point? I'm really desperate.

Thanks a lot Gheorghe!!

Regards

Abel.

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