Install Fusion Middleware

Essbase requires Fusion Middleware as a middle-tier platform. If it's not already installed, install Fusion Middleware or the latest patch, into your Oracle Home directory before you install Essbase.

Prerequisites

• For Linux deployments: Linux Operating System Requirements for Fusion Middleware
• For Windows deployments: Windows Operaring System Requirements for Fusion Middleware
• GCC-(Database client GNU Compiler Collection), a C compiler, must be installed.
• JDK Requirements
• General Memory and Disk Space Requirements and Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure Disk Space Requirements
• Network Requirements
• Database Requirements
• For additional reference, see Installing and Configuring the Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure.

To install Fusion Middleware:

1. If you haven't already, download Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c Infrastructure 12.2.1.4.0.

2. Run the Fusion Middleware installation jar file.

   $ java -jar fmw_12.2.1.4.0_infrastructure.jar

   The installer software is extracted. If it doesn't extract, ensure that you're using Oracle Java 8.

   If requested or you want to specify:

   • For the Inventory Directory, specify a central inventory directory for all Oracle installations. For example, /scratch/user/oracle_home/user_projects/oraInventory.
   • For the Operating System Group, select your group, and click OK. The default value is dba.

3. On the Welcome page, click Next.

4. Select your choice to skip automatic updates, select patches, or search My Oracle Support for the latest software updates, and click Next.

5. For installation location, specify your Oracle Home directory. For example, /scratch/user/oracle_home. This Oracle Home directory should be empty. Click Next.

6. For installation type, select your option of Fusion Middleware Infrastructure and click Next.

7. The installer will check for Java version and operating system. Review the prerequisite checks and click Next.

8. Review the installation summary. Note down the log file location of Fusion Middleware install logs, if needed. Alternatively you can choose to click Save Response File in order to use it later during the silent mode installer.

9. Click Install.

   After the installation completes, click Finish to exit the installer.