[Installing JDeveloper using the silent installer]

Since the "normal" installer for JDeveloper 11G is not accessible using a screenreader, Oracle has provided an alternate method of installation for those people who use screenreaders. This method involves the use of a special xml file which contains the installation options.

 

The silent install is simple to perform once you have a silent.xml file configured to your specific situation.

This basic silent.xml file will install JDeveloper and all of its components to c:\oracle\jdev. Feel free to modify it to change the location where JDeveloper will be installed, but make sure that all references to c:\oracle\jdev are changed to the same path.

 

Once you have the silent.xml file and the JDeveloper installation file, preferably in the same folder, open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where the files are located.

 

Type the following command to launch the installation:

 

C:\downloads> jdevstudio11112install.exe –mode=silent –silent_xml=silent.xml –log=install.log

 

After a short wait, a message saying extracting will be displayed then a series of dots will appear as the archive is extracted. Once the extraction is complete, the Oracle Installer will launch in a new window. Once this window closes, JDeveloper will have been installed.

 

The next step is to configure JDeveloper for accessibility, but that is the subject of my next post.