Running Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Database Client

Use the runInstaller command to start the Oracle Database Client installation.

Have all the information you need to provide regarding users groups, and storage paths before you start the installation.

Oracle recommends that you have your My Oracle Support credentials available during installation.

During installation, you are asked to run configuration scripts as the root user. You can either run these scripts manually as root when prompted, or you can provide configuration information and passwords using a root privilege delegation option such as Sudo.

Log in as the Oracle installation owner user account that you want to own the software binaries.
On the installation media, or where you have downloaded the installation binaries, run the runInstaller command to start Oracle Universal Installer.
For example:
- On installation media:
```
/dev/dvd-rw/media/runInstaller
```
- On a hard disk:
```
$ cd /home/oracle_sw/
$ ./runInstaller
```
Select your installation type.

Installation screens vary depending on the installation option you select. Respond to the configuration prompts as needed.
During a Custom Oracle Database Client installation, if you select Oracle Net Listener from the list of components to install, then Oracle Universal Installer automatically starts Oracle Net Configuration Assistant as part of the Oracle Database Client installation.

Note:
At any time during installation, if you have a question about what you are being asked to do, click Help.