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Disable configuration wizard during Oracle silent install

Tags: Oracle, Oracle client, 10.2g, silent installation
I'm trying to create a customized silent installation method for the Oracle 10.2g client software.  I've got the response file created, and everything installs properly, but the installer appears to insist on running the configuration wizard (netca), even in silent mode.  In the standard GUI, I always cancel out of it, because we use Net Manager to configure TNS connections.  In silent mode, it appears to run it automatically, which generates an entry in the tnsnames.ora file that I don't want.

According to the installation log, it calls netca in phase 2 of the Oracle Net installation.  I just want to completely omit the netca wizard from running, which will leave me with a blank tnsnames.ora, but there doesn't appear to be any parameter in the response file to control this.  Does anybody know if this is possible?
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05.27.2008 at 01:26AM PDT, ID: 21650240

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This will explain you how to command NETCA running.
Seems you have to drop/rename the file netca.rsp

You can run NetCA in silent mode to configure and start an Oracle Net listener on the
system, configure naming methods, and configure Oracle Net service names. To run
NetCA in silent mode, you must copy and edit a response file template. Oracle
provides a response file template named netca.resp in the response directory in
the db/response directory on the DVD.

Note: If you copied the software to a hard disk, the response file
template is located in the Disk1/response directory.

To run NetCA in silent mode, follow these steps:
1. Copy the netca.rsp response file template from the response file directory to a
directory on your system:
$ cp /directory_path/response/netca.rsp local_directory
In this example, directory_path is the path of the db directory on the DVD. If
you have copied the software to a hard drive, you can edit the file in the
response directory if you prefer.
2. Open the response file in a text editor:
$ vi /local_dir/netca.rsp
3. Edit the file, following the instructions in the file.

4. Log in as the Oracle software owner user (typically oracle) and set the
ORACLE_HOME environment variable to specify the correct Oracle home directory.
5. Enter a command similar to the following to run NetCA in silent mode:
$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/netca /silent /responsefile /local_dir/netca.rsp
In this example:
  The /silent option indicates that you want to run NetCA in silent mode.
  local_dir is the full path of the directory where you copied the netca.rsp
response file template.
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05.29.2008 at 06:51AM PDT, ID: 21669072
Well, that didn't really help me, because I tried tweaking some things in that file, and it didn't change the behavior of the installer.  However, you did sort of steer me in the right direction, and I have now found my solution.

Since I already have a custom response file, all those response files in the directory you mentioned are ignored.  However, in the clientadmin.rsp file, I found a parameter called b_launchNETCA that was set to "true".  I added that parameter to my custom response file and set it to "false".  The next time I ran the custom installer, it did not launch the NETCA wizard, which was my goal.

So, mission accomplished.  Now I just wish Oracle would publish some more thorough documentation on these response files.  =)
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