RPM Installation Guide for Oracle Database 12c and Oracle BI Publisher 12c Install Oracle BI Publisher Start Oracle Business Intelligence 12c Installation Applying the Oracle Middleware Patch Applying the Oracle Middleware Patch Perform the tasks given in this section to Oracle Middleware Patch. As the Oracle User, export ORACLE_HOME using the following command: export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home Download the .zip file for the patch. Follow the patch download instructions given in the Downloading Patches. The patch number is 28264679. Extract the contents of the .Zip file of the patch using this command: [oracle@sdm]$ unzip patch.zip Go to the 28264679 directory inside patch directory using these command: [oracle@sdm]$ cd patch [oracle@sdm patch]$ ls 28264679 p28264679_122140_Generic.zip [oracle@sdm patch]$ cd 28264679 To apply the patch execute the following commands as an Oracle user: [oracle@sdm 28264679]$ /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/OPatch/opatch lsinventory [oracle@sdm 28264679]$ /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/OPatch/opatch apply The message "OPatch applied successfully" confirms that the patch has been applied successfully.