Silent installation from the command line interface can be performed if your system does not have an X-Windows or graphical interface or you want to perform the installation in an automated way.

Silent installations ensure that multiple users in your organization use the same installation options when installing Oracle products.

Silent installations are driven by using a response file. Response files can be saved by selecting the Save Response File option during an interactive Oracle Universal Installer session or by editing the oggcore.rsp template located in the response directory after unzipping the Oracle GoldenGate binaries.

Editing the Default Response File

• INSTALL_OPTION - The valid values are ORA11g, ORA12c, ORA18c, and ORA19c. Set the value based on the database version for the specific Oracle GoldenGate build to be installed.

  Example:

  INSTALL_OPTION=ORA19c

• SOFTWARE_LOCATION - Absolute path to where Oracle GoldenGate will be installed. Do not use spaces in the path and ensure that the directory has been created and is empty.

  Example:

  SOFTWARE_LOCATION==/u01/userhome/oracle/ogg19c_ora

• INVENTORY_LOCATION - Location of the Oracle Inventory files. This is optional for Windows installations.

  Example:

  INVENTORY_LOCATION=/u01/app/oraInventory

• UNIX_GROUP - The Unix group to be set for the inventory directory. Not valid for Windows installations.

  Example:

  UNIX_GROUP=oinstall

Installing Oracle GoldenGate

To perform a silent installation using a response file, perform the following steps:

1. Run the following command to unzip the folder that contains the Oracle GoldenGate installation program.

   cd unzipped_directory/[fbo_]ggs_OS_database_services_shiphome/Disk1

2. Run the following command to launch the installer program.

   ./runInstaller -silent -nowait -responseFile absolute_path_to_response_file