How to install dbForge Schema Compare

Last modified: March 28, 2025

dbForge tools can be installed using the installation wizard or from the command line.

Install Schema Compare for Oracle using the installation wizard

1. Run schemacompareoracle.exe to begin installation.
2. On the Welcome to the dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle page, click Install.
3. On the Select Destination page, select the directory where dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle will be installed. To change the default directory, click Browse. Optionally, click the License Agreement link to learn End-User Agreement for dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle. If you agree to the Devart dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle License terms, click Next.
4. Optionally, on the Select Destination page, select Create a desktop shortcut. Click Next.
5. On the File Associations page, select the document types and file extensions that will be associated with this application when it is installed on your computer. Click Next.
6. On the Startup Optimization page, specify whether you want to optimize the application startup time. There are three options available: Generate images for all assemblies during the installation (recommended), Generate images for all assemblies in the background, and Do not generate images. Click Next to start the installation.
7. Optionally, on the Installing page, you can interrupt the installation by clicking the Cancel button.
8. On the final page, click Finish to exit the Setup wizard. Optionally, you can select the Launch dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle option to start the application immediately after installation.

Install Schema Compare using Chocolatey

You can download and install dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle using Chocolatey, which is a package manager for Windows. Before you start, ensure you have Chocolatey installed on your machine. If not, you can download it from the official website.

Once you have Chocolatey installed, you can follow these steps to install dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle:

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator. For this, right-click the Windows PowerShell app, and select Run as administrator.

2. Ensure that the Get-ExecutionPolicy is not restricted. For this, run

Get-ExecutionPolicy

If it returns Restricted, then run

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned

or

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

This will allow PowerShell to run scripts for the current session.

3. Initiate the installation of dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle. For this, enter the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter:

choco install dbforge-ora-sc

Note

dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle can be also downloaded and installed as part of the dbForge Compare Bundle for Oracle, which also includes the dbForge Data Compare for Oracle tool. To download and install Compare Bundle, run

choco install dbforge-ora-cb

4. Agree to run the script by pressing Y or A.

5. Wait for installation to complete. Chocolatey will download the dbForge Schema Compare for Oracle package and install it on your computer.

6. Confirm the installation. Once the installation is complete, you can confirm it by running:

choco list --local-only

This command will list all the packages installed on your computer through Chocolatey. If the installation was successful, you should see dbforge-ora-sc or dbforge-ora-cb in this list, depending which product you chose to install.