Must be done from an installed runInstaller (not from distribution) oracle@server1: ./runInstaller -silent -detachHome -invPtrLoc /etc/oraInst.loc ORACLE_HOME="/oracle/product/112_64/ORCL" Starting Oracle Universal Installer... Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 10111 MB Passed The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc The inventory is located at /oracle/oraInventory 'DetachHome' was successful. Then, in the inventory.xml file, an entry will appear as follows: