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Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode

The following sections describe how to run the installation program in graphical mode:

 

Running the Installation Program

Start the installation program as described in Starting the Installation Program.

The installation program prompts you to enter specific information about your system and configuration. For instructions about responding to the prompts during installation, see Table 4-1.

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Table 4-1 Running the Installation Program in Graphic Mode
In this window . . .
Perform the following action . . .
Welcome
Click Next to proceed with the installation. You may cancel the installation at any time by clicking Exit.
Choose BEA Home Directory
Specify the BEA Home directory that will serve as the central support directory for all BEA products installed on the target system.
  • If you already have a BEA Home directory on your system, you can select that directory (recommended) or create a new BEA Home directory.
  • If you choose to create a new directory by typing a new directory name in the BEA Home Directory field, the installation program automatically creates one for you. You can also click Browse and select a directory from the BEA Home Directory Selection window.
Click Next to continue. The choose Install Type window is displayed.
For details about the BEA Home directory, see Choosing a BEA Home Directory.
Choose Install Type
This window is displayed only during an initial installation.
Select one of the following installation types:
  • Complete—All the software components included in your installation program, are installed on your system. Sample domains are preconfigured for use with the PointBase database during installation, allowing you to execute the samples when the installation is complete.
  • Custom—You select the software components to be installed. On Windows systems, you also have the option to install WebLogic Server Node Manager as a Windows service.
For more information, see Choosing the Type of Installation.
Choose Products and Components
This window is displayed only under the following conditions:
  • You selected Custom installation in the Choose Install Type window.
  • You are adding components to an existing installation.
Specify the components to be installed by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes.
This window displays a tree-view of all the components available for installation.
When you select or clear a component at the folder level, all subcomponents are selected or cleared accordingly.
If any components are already installed on your system, the corresponding check boxes are grayed out.

Note: When you select or deselect components to install, the installation program checks for dependencies between components and automatically modifies the list of selected components accordingly. For example, if you clear the WebLogic Server component check box, the boxes for the remaining components are cleared because the other components cannot run without WebLogic Server.

For details about the components available for installation on your system, see Installable Product Components.
Install Eclipse Location Options
Select whether you want to install Eclipse or use the existing Eclipse.
    • By default, the Install Eclipse option is selected and eclipse will be installed at BEA_Home\tools\eclipse_pkgs\1.1\eclipse_3.2.2\eclipse.
    • If you select Use Existing Eclipse option, specify the path of an existing Eclipse home.
Choose Product Installation Directories
This window is not displayed if you are adding components to an existing installation. Instead, you are prompted to confirm the product installation directory. If you do so, the selected components are installed in the product installation directory you specified during the initial installation.
Specify the directories in which you want to install the products, and click Next. You can accept the default product directories or specify new directories.
If you choose to create a new directory, the installation program automatically creates one for you.
If you go back to the Choose BEA Home Directory window to change the BEA Home Selection, the following changes occur based on the type of changes you make to the home directory:
    • If you accept the default product installation directory in the Choose Product Installation Directory window, then the old installation directory is retained in the Choose BEA Home Directory window.
Note: The following are the default installation directories for WebLogic Platform:
Note: WebLogic Server:\BEA_Home\wlserver_<version>
Note: Workshop: \BEA_Home\workshop_<version>
Note: WebLogic Integration:\BEA_Home\wli_<version>
    • If you enter a new product installation directory in the Choose Product Installation Directory window, the directory name is modified to this new name in the Choose BEA Home Directory window.
    • If you specify the installation directory in the Choose Product Installation Directory window, and if it is outside of old BEA Home, installation directory will retain the old value.
For more information, see Choosing a Product Installation Directory.
Install Windows Service
This window is displayed only if all the conditions are true:
  • You have Administrator privileges.
  • You are performing an initial installation.
  • You are installing on a Windows platform.
  • You selected Custom installation in the Choose Install Type window.
Choose whether you want to install the Windows services indicated, specifically the WebLogic Server Node Manager service. Node Manager is used to monitor, start, and stop server instances in a domain.
If you select Yes, enter the Node Manager Listen Port in the appropriate field. The default is 5556.

Note: If the Listen Port number you specify is being used by a running application, the installation program prompts you to enter a different Node Manager Listen Port number.
Choose Shortcut Location
This window is displayed only under the following conditions:
  • You have Administrator privileges.
  • You are performing an initial installation.
  • You are installing on a Windows platform.
Specify the Start menu folder in which you want the Start menu shortcuts created and, click Next to continue. The Status window is displayed.
You can select from the following options:
  • All Users Start menu folder

    • Selecting this option provides all users registered on the machine with access to the installed software. However, only users with Administrator privileges can create shortcuts in the All Users folder. Therefore, if a user without Administrator privileges uses the Configuration Wizard to create domains, Start menu shortcuts to the domains are not created. In this case, users can manually create shortcuts in their local Start menu folders, if desired. Press ALT+A on the keyboard to select the All Users Start Menu.

  • Local User’s Start menu folder

    • Selecting this option ensures that other users registered on this machine will not have access to the Start menu entries for this installation. Press ALT+L on the keyboard to select the Local User’s start menu.

Status
Read the information displayed about BEA products and services. When the installation program has finished copying the specified files to your system, click Next.
Installation Complete
In this screen you can see the dialog box with the message, “Congratulations! BEA products has been successfully installed”
Specify whether you want to run the QuickStart application. QuickStart, designed to assist first-time users in evaluating, learning, and using the software, provides quick access to the sample domains, information for upgrading your applications, and the online documentation. Clear the check box for this option if you do not want to launch QuickStart.

Note: The QuickStart checkbox is not available when you select the components to be installed.

Click Done to exit the installation program and, launch QuickStart, if selected.

 

Requirements for Using the Existing Eclipse Installation

The existing eclipse installation must have the following Eclipse and WTP versions:

You must modify the eclipse.ini file as shown in Table 4-2. The eclipse.ini file is located in the following folder:

 

Required Patches

When you install a BEA product, the required patches are installed automatically. If you uninstall any of these required patches and need to reinstall them, use the Smart Update utility. For more information, see Installing Patches and Maintenance Packs Using Smart Update. For the list of patches required for each product, see the respective product release notes.

 

What’s Next

We recommend that you run the QuickStart application to familiarize with the software, and execute the samples provided. For additional information, see Post-Installation Information.

For specific information about your software release, see the appropriate release notes.


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