3 Installing Enterprise Data Quality

This chapter describes how to start the Enterprise Data Quality installation program in graphical mode. It also describes the sequence of screens that appear in the installation process.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Starting the Installation Program
  
• Navigating the EDQ Installation Screens
  
• Verifying the Installation
  

Starting the Installation Program

The EDQ installation program is delivered as a generic Java Archive (JAR) file that is used to install all supported operating systems.

To start the installation program, perform the following steps.

1. Log in to the target system as your EDQ installation user. This user must be able to run the command prompt as an administrator.
2. Go to the directory where you downloaded and unzipped the installation program.
3. Launch the installation program by invoking java -jar from the JDK installation directory (JDK_HOME) directory on your system as follows:

   On UNIX operating systems:

   JDK_HOME/bin/java -jar edq_generic.jar
   

   On Windows operating systems:

   JDK_HOME\bin\java -jar edq_generic.jar
   

In the above commands for UNIX and Windows operating systems, edq_generic.jar is a generic place-holder for the actual name of the installation jar file. When the installation program appears, you are ready to begin the installation. See Navigating the EDQ Installation Screens for a description of each installation program screen.

Navigating the EDQ Installation Screens

The installation program displays a series of screens. If you need additional help with an installation screen, click Help on the installation screens during installation. Complete the installation using the instructions in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 Running the Installation Program

Screen	Action to Perform
Installation Inventory Setup	On UNIX operating systems, this screen opens if this is the first time you are installing an Oracle product on this host. Specify the location where you want to create your central inventory. Make sure that the operating system group name selected on this screen has write permissions to the central inventory location. For more about the central inventory, see "Understanding the Oracle Central Inventory" in Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer. This screen does not appear on Windows operating systems.
Welcome	Click Next to proceed with the installation. You may cancel the installation at any time by clicking Cancel.
Auto Updates	Use this screen to search for the latest software updates, including important security updates, through your My Oracle Support account.
Installation Location	Specify the Middleware installation directory (FMW_HOME), which will contain EDQ once installed. See EDQ Directory Requirements Click Next to continue. You may click View to verify the installation location.
Installation Type	Use this screen to select the type of installation and consequently, the products and feature sets you want to install.
Prerequisite Checks	This screen verifies that your system meets the minimum necessary requirements. Click Next to continue. You may click View Successful Tasks, to view the list of tasks that gets verified. You may click View Log, to view log details.
Installation Summary	Use this screen to verify the installation options you selected. If you want to save these options to a response file, click Save Response File and provide the location and name of the response file. Response files can be used later in a silent installation situation. Click Install to continue.
Installation Progress	This screen allows you to see the progress of the installation. When the installation program progress reaches 100%, click Finish to dismiss the installer or click Next to see a summary.
Installation Complete	This screen appears when the installation is complete. Click Finish to exit the installation program.

Verifying the Installation

After you complete the installation, verify it by successfully completing a series of tasks.

• Reviewing the Installation Files
  
• Checking the Directory Service
  
• Viewing the Contents of the Oracle Home
  

Reviewing the Installation Files

Review the contents of the installation log files to make sure that no problems were encountered. By default, the installer writes logs files to the Oracle_Inventory_Location/logs (on UNIX operating systems) or Oracle_Inventory_Location\logs (on Windows operating systems) directory.

For a description of the log files and where to find them, see "Installation Log Files" in Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer.

Checking the Directory Service

The contents of your installation vary based on the options you selected during the installation.

For more information about the directory structure you should see after installation, see “What are the Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Directories?" in Understanding Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Viewing the Contents of the Oracle Home

You can also view the contents of the Oracle home using the viewInventory script. For more information, see “Viewing the Contents of an Oracle Home" in Installing Software with the Oracle Universal Installer.