dbca - [INS-04008] Invalid combination of arguments passed from command line. One or more mandatory dependent arguments are not passed for the argument: -useWalletForDBCredentials

During calling of dbca you might encounter into that error running dbca in silent mode. The point is that the argument from the error (-useWalletForDBCredentials) isn't mandatory, as dbca help message says :

 $ dbca -silent -createDatabase -help
       -createDatabase - Command to Create a database.
               -responseFile | (-gdbName,-templateName)
               -responseFile - <Fully qualified path for a response file>
               -gdbName <Global database name>
               -templateName <Specify an existing template in default location or the complete template path for DB Creation or provide a new template name for template creation>
               [-useWalletForDBCredentials <true | false> Specify true to load database credentials from wallet]
                       -dbCredentialsWalletLocation <Path of the directory containing the wallet files>
                       [-dbCredentialsWalletPassword <Password to open wallet with auto login disabled>]
               [-characterSet <Character set for the database>]

...

But there is an dependent mandatory argument which depends on non-mandatory argument 😀. I.e. the argument 

-dbCredentialsWalletLocation

, which goes next after 

-dbCredentialsWalletLocation

, is actually required.

So, in case of such error just include 

-dbCredentialsWalletLocation <existing_path>

in your dbca call, and if you want, without -dbCredentialsWalletLocation 😀

 

Good luck !