Oracle Client installation does not start properly and only blinks for a brief second

Products

• Data Loss Prevention Oracle Standard Edition 2
• Data Loss Prevention Enforce

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to install the Oracle Client by using the setup.exe installer the installation may not start properly. The Oracle Universal Installer window only blinks for a second and the installation does not start.

 

Cause

Oracle Universal Installer will not work if the setup.exe file is located in the path/folder that contains a space. The window that is displayed for a second shows that it's unable to locate a jar file but the path to it appears to be cut at the whitespace character:

 

Resolution

Rename the folders/directories where the setup.exe is located not to contain any white spaces so that the whole path is free of those.

 

Wrong:

C:\PathWith Space\WINDOWS.X64_193000_client\client

Correct:

C:\PathWithoutSpace\WINDOWS.X64_193000_client\client

Additional Information

Issue comes down arguments used by setup.exe in the background, that among others, points to bootstrap.jar in the installation files directories. The path to the jar is automatically generated based on the location of setup.exe. The arguments are space separated and having a space in the path makes the installer treat the remainder of the path after the space as a separate argument rather than the full location of the jar.