SikkyDBA: Step by step Oracle EBS R12 installation

Step by step oracle ebs r12 installation.

Version : 12.1.1

OS : OEL 5.9 64-bit

Oracle ebs installation contains three phases,

1) Pre-requisites

2) Installation

3) Post installation

Pre-requisites :

Please check the following in support.oracle.com for detail information,
Oracle E-Business Suite Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Linux x86-64 (Doc ID 761566.1)
Let me just briefly explain needed steps.
Make sure you have the following rpm's in your server,
To know whether the rpm is installed or to find version, issue the below :
root@dev 186] rpm -qa | grep openmotif21
To install any rpm,
root@dev 186] rpm -ivh filename
root@dev 186] rpm -ivh filename --nodeps (Force installation)

RPM's needed for oel 5+ :
openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5.i3861 (**Note : This rpm version should be same as specified else you will not able to open forms. Replace recommended version eventhough you have higher version)
    xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.i386
    For Update 1 or 2:
        binutils-2.17.50.0.6-6.0.1.x86_642
    For Update 3:
        binutils-2.17.50.0.6-9.0.1.x86_642
    For Update 4 (5.4) or higher, see workaround listed below in the 'After Installing or Upgrading' section.
Additionally, the following rpm needs to be installed from the Oracle Linux 5 or RHEL 5 distribution media on the application tier:
    libXrender-0.9.1-3.1.i386
If not using the pre-install rpm, the following packages must be installed from the Oracle Linux 5 or RHEL 5 distribution media on both application and database tiers:
    gcc-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    gcc-c++-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    glibc-2.5-18.i686 (32-bit)
    glibc-2.5-18.x86_64
    glibc-common-2.5-18.x86_64
    glibc-devel-2.5-18.i386 (32-bit)
    glibc-devel-2.5-18.x86_64
    libgcc-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
    libgcc-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
    libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    libstdc++-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
    libstdc++-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    libXi-1.0.1-3.1.i386
    libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386
    libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64
    libaio-0.3.106-3.2.i386
    libaio-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64
    libgomp-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
    make-3.81-1.1.x86_64
    gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.i386
    gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.x86_64
    sysstat-7.0.0-3.el5.x86_64
    util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5.x86_64
    compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386
    compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386
Additionally, the following RPMs are required for an 11gR1 Database (which is bundled with the 12.1.1 release) on the database tier:
    compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64
    elfutils-libelf-devel-0.125-3.el5.x86_64
    elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.125-3.el5.x86_64
    libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64
    unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.i386
    unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.i386
    unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64
    unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64

Make sure you have all oracle recommended requirements and make an entry in /etc/hosts

ipaddress domainname localhost
192.168.XX.XX dev186.sample.com dev186

Once all prerequisites are done, start the installation.

Installation

$ cd /u01/StageR12/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/
$ ./rapidwiz

It will invoke GUI if you are getting any java exception error, connect as root and issue xhost + in a separate terminal.

Check the snagits below for ebs r12 installation

It will initially displays tech stack components.

select install option

Decline license agreement.

Select create new configuration option, which will create a new config.txt file which is the input for installation. This file will have the configuration information which you are going to install.
Load new configuration is used for shared or non-shared file system installation.