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Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1) Silent Installation on Oracle Linux 6 and 7
This article describes the silent installation of Oracle Forms and Reports on Oracle Linux 6 and 7. The article assumes there is already an Oracle WebLogic Server 12cR1 (12.2.1) installation present on the machine.
Related articles.
- WebLogic 12c Silent Installation
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1) : ADF Application Development Runtime - Repository Configuration Utility (RCU) in Silent Mode
- Forms and Reports Services 12c (12.2.1) : Create a New Domain
- Oracle Forms and Reports Services 12c Configuration Notes
Software
Download the Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1) software from Oracle Technology Network.
- Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.0) (fmw_12.2.1.0.0_fr_linux64_Disk1_1of1.zip)
Prerequisites
In addition to any prerequisites performed during the WebLogic 12c installation, the following packages should be installed in they are not already present.
# OL6 and OL7 yum install binutils -y yum install compat-libcap1 -y yum install compat-libstdc++-33 -y yum install compat-libstdc++-33.i686 -y yum install gcc -y yum install gcc-c++ -y yum install glibc -y yum install glibc.i686 -y yum install glibc-devel -y yum install glibc-devel.i686 -y yum install libaio -y yum install libaio-devel -y yum install libgcc -y yum install libgcc.i686 -y yum install libstdc++ -y yum install libstdc++.i686 -y yum install libstdc++-devel -y yum install ksh -y yum install make -y yum install sysstat -y # OL6 Only yum install libXext.i686 -y yum install libXtst.i686 -y yum install openmotif -y yum install openmotif22 -y # OL7 Only yum install ocfs2-tools -y yum install motif -y yum install motif-devel -y yum install numactl -y yum install numactl-devel -y
Turning off the firewall and setting SELinux to Permissive reduces the chances of problems during the installation. You can see how to do this here.
The rest of the article assumes all required software is present in the "/u01/software" directory. Adjust as required.
Response Files
Response files provide all the answers to the questions normally asked by the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).
Create a file called "/u01/software/forms.rsp" with the following contents. Alter the parameters as required.
[ENGINE] #DO NOT CHANGE THIS. Response File Version=1.0.0.0.0 [GENERIC] #Set this to true if you wish to skip software updates DECLINE_AUTO_UPDATES=true # MOS_USERNAME= # MOS_PASSWORD=<SECURE VALUE> #If the Software updates are already downloaded and available on your local system, then specify the path to the directory where these patches are available and set SPECIFY_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION to true AUTO_UPDATES_LOCATION= # SOFTWARE_UPDATES_PROXY_SERVER= # SOFTWARE_UPDATES_PROXY_PORT= # SOFTWARE_UPDATES_PROXY_USER= # SOFTWARE_UPDATES_PROXY_PASSWORD=<SECURE VALUE> #The oracle home location. This can be an existing Oracle Home or a new Oracle Home ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/middleware/ #Set this variable value to the Installation Type selected as either Standalone HTTP Server (Managed independently of WebLogic server) OR Colocated HTTP Server (Managed through WebLogic server) INSTALL_TYPE=Forms and Reports Deployment
Create a file called "/u01/software/oraInst.loc" with the following contents.
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oraInventory inst_group=oinstall
Installation
Unzipping the "fmw_12.2.1.0.0_fr_linux64_Disk1_1of1.zip" file produces an executable ".bin" file, which starts the installer.
$ cd /u01/software $ unzip fmw_12.2.1.0.0_fr_linux64_Disk1_1of1.zip
Run the installer, referencing the "forms.rsp" and "oraInst.loc" files.
$ export JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/jdk1.8.0_77 $ ./fmw_12.2.1.0.0_fr_linux64.bin -silent -response /u01/software/forms.rsp -invPtrLoc /u01/software/oraInst.loc
Your software installation is now complete.
Post-Installation
Unlike previous versions, where the Forms and Reports Services installation automatically created the domain, in 12c you need to do this manually performing the following steps.
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1) : ADF Application Development Runtime - Repository Configuration Utility (RCU) in Silent Mode
- Create the Forms and Reports Services Domain
For more information see:
- WebLogic 12c Silent Installation
- WebLogic Server 12cR2 (12.2.1) : ADF Application Development Runtime - Repository Configuration Utility (RCU) in Silent Mode
- Forms and Reports Services 12c (12.2.1) : Create a New Domain
- Oracle Forms and Reports Services 12c Configuration Notes
- Oracle Fusion Middleware Downloads
- Oracle Fusion Middleware: Forms and Reports Documentation
- Installing and Configuring Oracle Forms and Reports
- Silent Installation and Deinstallation for Oracle Forms and Reports
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...