Oracle Universal Installer(OUI) is a Java-based tool used to perform the Oracle product installation. Most people know that this is the tool to perform the installation, however, once the software is installed, most people forget about the tool until the next time they need to perform a software maintenance task.

OUI makes the Oracle installation process look very easy, there are people who underestimate OUI and they think installing Oracle is just a Next button clicking task. If this task was that easy, then why does the OUI present several windows to the user who performs the installation? May be it would be easier if the same OUI could just be programmed to press the Next button by itself and report the outcome to the user.

OUI is more than just the installation tool. If the user requires the software to be installed more than once on a massive deployment scenario, he/she should take the time to get acquainted with the OUI batch mode. If the user...