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Install Fragment: The First Few Screens of the Installation
Installing OracleAS Infrastructure
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4.27 Install Fragment: The First Few Screens of the Installation
The first few screens of the installer are described here because they are the same for 
all installations. Most installation procedures in this chapter refer to this section as 
their starting point.
Table 4–12
First Few Screens of the Installation
Screen
Action
1.
--
Start the installer. See 
 for 
details.
2.
Welcome
Click Next.
3.
Specify Inventory 
Directory and 
Credentials
This screen appears only if this is the first installation of any Oracle product on this 
computer.
Enter the full path of the inventory directory
: Enter a full path to the inventory 
directory. Enter a directory that is different from the Oracle home directory for the 
product files.
Example: /opt/oracle/oraInventory
Specify Operating System group name
: Select the operating system group that 
will have write permission for the inventory directory.
Example: oinstall
Click Next.
4.
Run orainstRoot.sh
This screen appears only if this is the first installation of any Oracle product on this 
computer.
Run the orainstRoot.sh script in a different shell as the root user. The script is 
located in the oraInventory directory.
After running the script, click Continue.
5.
Specify File Locations
Name
: Enter a name to identify this Oracle home. The name can consist of 
alphanumeric and the underscore (_) characters only, and cannot be longer than 
128 characters.
Example: OH_INFRA
Path
: Enter the full path to the destination directory. This is the Oracle home. If the 
directory does not exist, the installer creates it. If you want to create the directory 
beforehand, create it as the oracle user; do not create it as the root user.
Example: /opt/oracle/infra
Click Next.
6.
Specify Hardware 
Cluster Installation Mode
This screen appears only if the computer is part of a hardware cluster.
If you are installing an infrastructure, select the computers in the hardware cluster 
where you want to install the infrastructure. You can select multiple computers, or 
you can just select the current computer.
Click Next.
7.
Select a Product to Install Select Oracle Application Server Infrastructure 10g.
If you need to install additional languages, click Product Languages. See 
 for details.
Click Next.