Hi,
I am breaking down my problem in two parts:
Installation:
I am trying to install Oracle 12c Client (32 bit) on Windows Server 2012 R2.
I was initially running into the same issue that was mentioned in Installation problems with Oracle 12c 32bit client on Windows 2012 R2 x64 and I resolved the issue (partly) by following the solution from the same post.
Although the installation of the Client step was successful, the next step that the installer fails was at the Oracle Client Net Configuration Assistant step. It fails with the error below.
INFO: Read: UnsatisfiedLinkError exception loading native library: oranjni12
INFO: Stderr Read: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: oracle.net.common.NetGetEnv.jniGetOracleHome()Ljava/lang/String;
WARNING: Skipping line: UnsatisfiedLinkError exception loading native library: oranjni12
I am also attaching the complete log for more information.
Uninstallation:
I wanted to give it another shot by uninstalling and re-installing again, but it wont let me uninstall the client now.
I thought it was picking up the wrong Central Inventory Location, so I even updated the registry setting based on information provided here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/em.102/b16227/oui3_manage_oracle_homes.htm#CJAGHABI
For Windows this pointer is located in the registry key: \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\Oracle\inst_loc.
So, I updated the registry to the 32 bit Inventory Location that was provided during the installation (see the discussion link in the installation section)
But still, that does not let me uninstall the client. See the output of the deinstall.bat that was run for more info.
Now I am stuck in an ugly situation with an unsuccessful install without an option to uninstall it too.
Please help!!
Thank you!