verifying Oracle client install on Windows
- From: John Clarke <jclarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:59:30 -0400
We're in the process of using NAL (Novell Application Launcher) to perform
Oracle client installations on desktops that we plan on deploying in our
enterprise, and the first thing we want to do is check whether Oracle client
software is installed on a machine. If it is installed, the script will do
nothing. If not, it'll install a packaged Oracle client.
The Novell admin is looking for a single place and/or file to check for the
existence of the Oracle client. The users will have the liberty to
install/de-install software on their own machines whenever they choose, and
thus select the location for %ORACLE_HOME%. Evidently, this NAL thing would
like a single place to look in order to validate. We're targeting NT4, W2K,
and XP.
I was thinking of looking in the registry, under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Oracle/ALL_HOMES. Is this a good idea or the best
place to look?
Thanks in advance,
John
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