In the name of Allah, the most Beneficial, the most Merciful
In this article i will be describing "How to install Oracle EBS 12.1.1 on Windows XP". Before installing EBS 12.1.1 following software need to be installed.
1. Install Windows XP Professional with SP2
2. Microsoft VC++ 8.0
3. Cygwin or MKS
Register the computer to domain. If you want to install EBS on machine without domain then make the entry in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
192.168.1.10 hostname.domainname.com
ping 192.168.1.10
ping hostname
ping hostname.domainname.com
ping hostname
ping hostname.domainname.com
If you computer obtain IP address from DHCP then you should install Loopback Adapter.
- Create a Cygwin directory (C:\cygwin) -- Make sure not to install 'Cygwin' in a directory that contains spaces.
- Download the Cygwin Software (http://www.cygwin.com)
- Run 'Setup.exe' and choose 'Download without Installing'
- Select the following packages:
Archive - Default, plus manually select the zip package
Base - Default, plus manually select: ash, coreutils, diffutils, findutils, gawk, grep, sed, tar and which
Devel - Default, plus manually select binutils, gcc, gcc-core, gcc-g++, make and mktemp
Doc - Default, plus manually select cygwin-doc and man
Editors - Default, plus manually select vim
Interpreters - Default, plus manually select gawk
Shells - Default, plus manually select ash and tcsh
Utils - Default, plus manually select cygutils and file
- Download the Cygwin Software (http://www.cygwin.com)
- Run 'Setup.exe' and choose 'Download without Installing'
- Select the following packages:
Archive - Default, plus manually select the zip package
Base - Default, plus manually select: ash, coreutils, diffutils, findutils, gawk, grep, sed, tar and which
Devel - Default, plus manually select binutils, gcc, gcc-core, gcc-g++, make and mktemp
Doc - Default, plus manually select cygwin-doc and man
Editors - Default, plus manually select vim
Interpreters - Default, plus manually select gawk
Shells - Default, plus manually select ash and tcsh
Utils - Default, plus manually select cygutils and file
C:\cygwin\bin>copy gawk.exe awk.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy grep.exe egrep.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy make.exe gnumake.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy gcc.exe cc.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy grep.exe egrep.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy make.exe gnumake.exe
C:\cygwin\bin>copy gcc.exe cc.exe
Add 'C:\cygwin\bin' to the system path.
Copy and Unzip the Oracle EBS 12.1.1 Software to any location on hard disk. It is not necessary but highly recommended and will increase the speed of installation. Lets say H:\EBS
Run the installed by executing following command.
H:\EBS\startCD\Disk1\rapidwiz\RapidWiz.cmd
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Click Next Button.
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Click Next.
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Click Next.
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Click Next.
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Click Next.
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Enter base directory and click Next.
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Provide cywin bin directory path and VC directory patch and click Next.
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Click Next.
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All configuration checks are passed. If some error occur then fix it and click Retry button. After that click Next.
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Click Next.
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Installation will take 2 to 3 hours. Click Yes to start installation.
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Review Installation.
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Click Next.
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Click on "Connect to Oracle Applications Release 12.1.1" to connect to Oracle EBS.
username and password is SYSADMIN
Insha-Allah this will help and serve the purpose. For any corrections and improvements please suggest.
