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how to know if oracle is installed ?

 
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Old 04-14-2008
how to know if oracle is installed ?
can anyone please tell me how to know whether oracle
is installed in unix?

what is the path to check if oracle is installed or not?
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Old 04-14-2008
Log in to your host and enter at the prompt:

ps -ef | grep pmon

This should give you at least one line of data....which will be the indication that there is an instance of Oracle running.
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Old 04-15-2008
Look for a file /etc/oratab.
Its content should reveal all ORACLE_HOMEs present at your box.
 
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