2-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Tutorial for Oracle WebCenter Developers
is a JDeveloper add-in that provides the complete set of WebCenter capabilities and features to the JDeveloper Studio Edition.
To install the WebCenter extension bundle:
1.
Start Oracle JDeveloper.
2. If the Select Default Roles dialog displays, select Default Role to enable all
technologies, and click OK. 3.
If a dialog opens asking if you want to migrate settings from an earlier version, click No.
4. From the Help menu, select Check for Updates.
5. Click Next in the Welcome page of the Check for Updates wizard.
6. On the Source page, under Search Update Centers, search for the WebCenter
extension
, select it, then click Finish. 7.
When prompted, restart JDeveloper JDeveloper is now configured to create the WebCenter portal application for this
Tutorial. For more information on obtaining and installing Oracle WebCenter Framework, see
the Oracle WebCenter page on OTN at: http:webcenter.oracle.com
Step 3: Set the User Home Directory Environment Variable
Oracle strongly recommends that you set an environment variable for the user home directory that is referenced by JDeveloper. By setting this variable, you can avoid
receiving long pathname errors that are known to occur in some circumstances.
For detailed instructions on setting this variable on Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X operating systems, see “Setting the User Home Directory” in the Oracle Fusion
Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle JDeveloper.
Step 4: Verify the Correctly Installed JDeveloper Release and WebCenter Extension
Once you have obtained the software, ensure that you have installed Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 1 11.1.1.4, shown in
Figure 2–1 , and the Oracle WebCenter
extension 11.1.1.
Preparing for the Tutorial 2-3
Figure 2–1 Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 1 About Box
If you are not sure whether you have the WebCenter extension, you can verify this by opening Oracle JDeveloper, then About from the Help menu, then click the
Extensions tab. At the top of the About dialog, you should see Oracle JDeveloper 11g
Release 1 11.1.1.4.0 . On the Extensions list, sort by Identifier to locate the
oracle.webcenter. components.
Figure 2–2 shows the Oracle WebCenter components listed in JDeveloper.
Figure 2–2 Oracle WebCenter Portal Framework in Oracle JDeveloper
If you do not see these components shown in Figure 2–2
, you must install the WebCenter extension, as described in the following steps.
To install the WebCenter extension to Oracle JDeveloper using the Update Center:
1.
Launch Oracle JDeveloper.
2. If the Select Default Roles dialog displays, select Default Role to enable all
