4-8 Installation Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence
4.3 Obtaining Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer
Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer is available from the following sources:
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The Oracle Business Intelligence 11g installation DVD
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Oracle Technology Network OTN Download the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer .zip files for your
operating system from OTN at the following link: http:www.oracle.comtechnologysoftwareproductsmiddleware
htdocs111110_fmw.html
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Oracle E-Delivery Download Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer .zip file for your operating
system from the Oracle E-Delivery website at the following link: http:edelivery.oracle.com
If you download the .zip file from OTN or Oracle E-Delivery, extract the contents to a directory of your choice; this is referred to as the bi_installer_loc.
4.4 Starting Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer
To start Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer: 1.
Open a command window, and do one of the following:
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If you downloaded and extracted the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer .zip file, access the bi_installer_locDisk1 directory.
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If you have the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer DVD, insert the DVD into your computer and access the Disk1 directory.
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Run the following command depending on your operating system:
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UNIX: .runInstaller.sh
-ignoreSysPrereqs Ignore the results of the system prerequisite checks and continue with the installation.
-executeSysPrereqs Execute the system prerequisite checks only, then exit.
-paramFile file Specify the full path to the oraparam.ini file. This file is the initialization file for the
installation program. The default location of this file is Disk1installplatform. -novalidation
Disables all validation checking performed by the installation program. -nodefaultinput
For the GUI install, several screens have information or default values pre-populated. Specifying this option disables this behavior so that no information or values are
pre-populated.
Note: On Windows systems, ensure that you do not extract the .zip
file to a directory name that contains spaces.
Note: Running Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer as the root
user is not supported.
Table 4–1 Cont. Installer Command Line Parameters
Parameter Description
Installing Oracle Business Intelligence 4-9
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Windows: setup.exe
4.5 Installing Oracle Business Intelligence with Oracle Business Intelligence 11g Installer