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What is the version of the OPatch currently used? This is one of the most frequently
asked questions regarding OPatch. There is a command to find the version number,
but taking a look at the OPatch execution with no parameters will also give
you some basic useful information regarding the main commands as well as the
OPatch version.
This image shows the output of a simple OPatch command execution.
Issuing ./
opatch
(
A
) directly from
<Oracle Home>/OPatch
with no arguments,
shows the OPatch version. In this case, it is the same as that of the Oracle Home
(10.2.0.1.0) (
B
). It shows information about the
Oracle
Home
(
C
) and the
Central
Inventory
location (
D
), confirms the
OPatch
version
(
E
), displays the log file location
(
F
), and finally displays basic help messages of the main OPatch commands (
G
).
Downloading the latest OPatch version
You can get the latest OPatch version from metalink. Oracle distributes the OPatch
tool by means of a patch; you can get it from:
http://updates.oracle.com/
download/6880880.html
. Select the version and the platform that corresponds to
your environment.
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