This chapter provides an overview of installing Oracle Application Express and describes issues to consider before installing.
This chapter contains these topics:
The installation process consists of four parts:
Plan your installation: This chapter offers an overview of the steps required to install Oracle Application Express.
Verify installation requirements: Chapter 2, "Oracle Application Express Installation Requirements" describes the minimum requirements that your system must meet before you install the software.
Install the software: Use the following sections to install Oracle Application Express:
Chapter 3, "Installing the Software" describes how to install the software.
Appendix A, "Oracle Application Express Troubleshooting" provides installation troubleshooting advice.
Complete postinstallation tasks: Chapter 4, "Oracle Application Express Post-installation Tasks" describes recommended and required postinstallation tasks.
Installing Oracle Application Express is a two-step process:
Install the database objects that make up Oracle Application Express in an Oracle database (Oracle9i release 2 (9.2.0.3) or later).
Configure an Oracle HTTP Server release 9.0.3 or higher with mod_plsql to connect to the Oracle database where Oracle Application Express is installed.
If you have version 1.5.0.00.33, 1.5.1.00.12, 1.6.0.00.87, 1.6.1.00.03, or 2.0.0.00.49 of Oracle Application Express, running this install upgrades your Oracle Application Express instance to version 2.2. This install also creates Oracle Application Express 2.2 database objects in a new schema and migrates the application metadata to the new version.