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4 Uninstalling the Software 4-1 4 Uninstalling the Software This chapter provides information about the procedures for uninstalling and reinstalling the software. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section 4.1, About the Uninstallation Program ■ Section 4.2, Uninstalling Your Software in Graphical Mode ■ Section 4.3, Uninstalling Your Software in Console Mode ■ Section 4.4, Uninstalling Your Software in Silent Mode ■ Section 4.5, Removing the Deployed Application ■ Section 4.6, Removing the Database Schema ■ Section 4.7, Reinstalling Your Software

4.1 About the Uninstallation Program

The following sections describe how to uninstall your Oracle Enterprise Repository software on Windows and UNIX systems: ■ You can uninstall the software using graphical, console, or silent mode. To run the graphical-mode uninstallation program, your console must support a Java-based GUI. If the uninstallation program determines that your system does not support a Java-based GUI, it automatically starts running in console mode. ■ You can uninstall individual components of your product distribution, or the entire installation. Dependency checking in the uninstaller ensures that the appropriate components are uninstalled. ■ The uninstallation program does not remove the Oracle Enterprise Repository Home directory associated with the installation, the JDK, or any user-created domains. Only the components that were installed by the installation program can be removed. If you choose to uninstall the entire installation, the uninstallation program also removes the product directory associated with the installation unless one of the following is true: – The product directory contains user-created configuration or application files - the uninstallation program does not delete user-created configuration files, application files, or domains. – The complete installation was not uninstalled. If an individual component is uninstalled, only the installation directory for that component is removed; the installation directories for other components are unaffected.