Installing Oracle Database 10g Products

This section covers the following topics:

■ Oracle Home Location for the Oracle Database 10g Products
■ Procedure for Installing Oracle Database 10g Products
■ Preparing Oracle Workflow Server for the Oracle Workflow Middle Tier

Installation

You need to install Oracle Database 10g Products in an existing Oracle Database 10g
release 2 (10.2) Oracle home. These products are:

■ Oracle JDBC Development Drivers
■ Oracle SQLJ
■ Database Examples
■ Oracle Text Knowledge Base
■ JAccelerator (NCOMP)
■ Intermedia Image Accelerator)
■ Oracle Workflow

Identifying the Oracle Home Directory Location

Before you install Oracle Database 10g Products into an existing Oracle home, you
need to identify the location of this Oracle home. If you do not know the path of the
Oracle home directory, you can check it using Oracle Universal Installer.

To check the path of the Oracle home directory:

1. From the Start menu, choose Programs, then Oracle - HOME_NAME, then Oracle
Installation Products, then Universal Installer.

2. When the Welcome window appears, click Installed Products.The Inventory window appears, listing all of the Oracle homes on the system and the products installed in each Oracle home.

3. In the Inventory window, expand each Oracle home and locate Oracle Database
10g 10.2.0.1.0.

4. Click Close and then Cancel to exit Oracle Universal Installer.

5. Have the Oracle home name available when you begin installing Oracle Database
10g Products, described next.

Procedure for Installing Oracle Database 10g Products

To install Oracle Database 10g Products:
1. Log on as a member of the Administrators group to the computer on which to
install Oracle components.

2. Make sure that the Oracle database that you plan to use for Oracle Workflow is
accessible and running.

You can use the Windows Services utility, located either in the Windows Control
Panel or from the Administrative Tools menu (under Start and then Programs), to
check that Oracle Database is running. Names of Oracle databases are preceded
with OracleService. Right-click the name of the service and from the menu,
choose Start.

3. Delete the ORACLE_HOME environment variable (from the System Control Panel) if
it exists.

Refer to your Microsoft online help for more information about deleting
environment variables.

4. Insert the Oracle Database installation media and navigate to the companion
directory. Alternatively, navigate to the directory where you downloaded or
copied the installation files.
Use the same installation media to install Oracle Database on all supported
Windows platforms.

5. Double-click setup.exe to start Oracle Universal Installer.

6. In the Welcome window click Next.

7. In the Select a Product to Install window, choose Oracle Database 10g Products
and click Next.

8. In the Specify Home Details window, do the following:

a. Name: Verify that the Oracle home specified is the Oracle Database Oracle
home. (The default Oracle home is offered.)
b. Path: Enter the directory location of the Oracle Database Oracle home where
you want to install the Oracle home files. (The directory of the default Oracle
home is offered.)

9. Click Next.

10. In the Product-specific Prerequisite Checks window, check for and correct any
errors that may have occurred when Oracle Universal Installer checked your
system.

11. Click Next.

12. In the Summary window, check the list of products that will be installed, and click
Install.

13. When the installation completes, click Exit and then click Yes to exit from Oracle
Universal Installer.