Running the Oracle Enterprise Repository Product Installation Generating a Verbose Installation Log

1-16 Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Repository 2 Installing Oracle Enterprise Repository 2-1 2 Installing Oracle Enterprise Repository This chapter describes how to start the installation program on Windows and UNIX platforms. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ Section 2.1, Starting the Installation Program ■ Section 2.2, Running the Installation Program

2.1 Starting the Installation Program

This section contains the following topics: ■ Section 2.1.1, Before You Start ■ Section 2.1.2, Starting the Installation Program on Windows Platforms ■ Section 2.1.3, Starting the Installation Program on UNIX Platforms

2.1.1 Before You Start

Before you start installing the software, please review the following information: ■ According to Sun Microsystems, the Firefox 3.6 browser requires Java SE 6 Update 10 or later. Otherwise, Java-based Web applications does not work. For more information, see http:www.java.comendownloadfaqfirefox_newplugin.xml. ■ Ensure your system meets the hardware and the software requirements before you install the Oracle Enterprise Repository software. A complete list of documents that describe Oracle Product family configurations supported by Oracle can be found at http:www.oracle.comtechnologysoftwareproductsmiddlewareindex.html ■ You cannot reinstall any Oracle product on top of a previously installed version of the same product - in the same Oracle home directory or in the same file location. You can, however, add products and product components to an existing installation. For example, you can install Oracle Enterprise Repository during one installation, and Oracle BPM during a later installation. However, to reinstall the same version of one of the products, you must first uninstall the previous installation, as described in Chapter 4, Uninstalling the Software . ■ If you are adding components to an existing installation of Oracle Enterprise Repository, you should shut down any running instances before starting the installation. 2-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Repository Table 2–1 describes the supported JDBC Driver file names for Oracle Enterprise Repository 11g as well as its mapping to the appropriate application server. For information about supported application servers and databases, see Oracle Enterprise Repository Supported Configurations.

2.1.2 Starting the Installation Program on Windows Platforms