Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.4) Installation – Oracle OCP World

This article explain how to install 12c Oracle Forms and Reports with 12c WebLogic server. You can follow my previous post about installation of Weblogic 12c (12.2.1.4) on Linux.
I have used the same directory path for weblogic and forms & report, you can also install both on separate location as per your requirement.

Oracle Forms and Reports 12c – we need Java Development Kit(JDK) installed on server then we can install the Forms and Reports.

You can download weblogic software from Oracle Forms Downloads

Create the directory for installing weblogic server.

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/middleware12c/

chmod -R 777 /u01/app/oracle/middleware12c/

JDK 1.8 installation directory:


tar -xvf jdk-8u241-linux-x64.tar -C /software/
cd /software

Below directory will be created after extract the above tar file.

jdk1.8.0_241

Command Options:

  • x: Extract
  • v: Verbose output
  • f: File to extract
  • C: The tar command changes the current directory to the once specified.

Set the JAVA_HOME variable to where the JDK is installed.

 $ export JAVA_HOME=/software/jdk1.8.0_241

Set the PATH which include the bin directory of the JDK

 $ export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

I have created tmp directory under /u01/tmp. Temporary space required during the installation.

mkdir -p /software/tmp

chmod -R 777 /software/tmp

export TMP=/software/tmp

export TMPDIR=/software/tmp

To set the DISPLAY

export DISPLAY=:1

or 

xhost +   

Note- I used the :1 port on VNC server to connect with my test machine you can check it your end.

Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.4) Installation

Change the directory location where you have copied or unzip the software of Oracle Forms & Reports.

-bash-4.2$ pwd
/backup/FORMSR_EPORTS_12c

-bash-4.2$ unzip fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_linux64-2.zip
Extracting files......................
...............
-bash-4.2$ ls
Disk2  
fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_linux64-2.zip  
fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_linux64.bin  
fmw_12214_readme.html  
V983392-01_1of2.zip  
V983392-01_2of2.zip  
wgetlog-03-12-20-02:31.log  
wget.sh

Use the below guidelines to install the Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.4).

cd /backup/FORM_REPORTS_12c

./fmw_12.2.1.4.0_fr_linux64.bin -J-Djava.io.tmpdir=/software/tmp

Here you will get the GUI screen.

Skip Auto Updates

Installation location – Enter /u01/app/oracle/middleware12 and Click Next

Installation Type – Select the Forms and Report Deployment, Click Next

Select the JDK location

Prerequisite Checks – When all prerequisite are 100% successful, Click Next

Configuration path.

Installation Progress – Check the progress and successful completion of the installation, Click Next

Installation Complete – Click Finish.

Close the Terminal window.

To learn about Weblogic introduction Click on – Installation of Weblogic 12c (12.2.1.4) on Linux – Oracle OCP World

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