Before you begin installing Oracle Forms and Reports, it would be helpful if you understand the installation requirements. To prepare for your Oracle Forms and Reports installation, verify that your system meets the basic requirements, then obtain the correct installation software.
Make sure that you install your product on a supported hardware and software configuration. See the certification document for your release on the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations page.
Oracle has tested and verified the performance of your product on all certified systems and environments. Whenever new certifications are released, they are added to the certification document right away. New certifications can be released at any time. Therefore, the certification documents are kept outside the documentation libraries and are available on Oracle Technology Network.
Oracle recommends that you use the Oracle Fusion Middleware System Requirements and Specifications document to verify that the certification requirements are met. For example, if the certification document indicates that your product is certified for installation on 64-Bit Oracle Linux 6.5, use this document to verify that your system meets the required minimum specifications. These include disk space, available memory, specific platform packages and patches, and other operating system-specific requirements. System requirements can change in the future. Therefore, the system requirement documents are kept outside of the documentation libraries and are available on Oracle Technology Network.
To learn how to install and run multiple Fusion Middleware products from the same release or mixed releases with each other, see Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c Interoperability and Compatibility in Understanding Interoperability and Compatibility.
If you are new to Oracle Fusion Middleware, see About Key Oracle Fusion Middleware Concepts in Understanding Oracle Fusion Middleware to familiarize yourself with some concepts and terminology you will encounter.
The installer for a certified version of Oracle WebLogic Server (FMW Infrastructure). Make sure you refer to the certification document, as described in Reviewing Certification, System, and Interoperability Requirements, to determine which version of Oracle WebLogic Server (FMW Infrastructure) you should obtain.
To install Oracle Forms and Reports on different servers, you must perform manual configuration in order for these two products to be able to communicate properly with each other, as described in Communication Between Reports and Forms When Installed on Different Instances.
On UNIX operating systems, the installation of Fusion Middleware products is owned and controlled as a known user (for example, "oracle". The file permissions associated with this installation are configured to ensure the highest level of security possible, which by default are 700 (meaning all files are owned and accessible by the owner only).
Changing the default permissions settings will reduce the security of the installation and possibly your system. Therefore, making such a change is not recommended. If other user require access to particular files or executables, the UNIX sudo command (or other similar command) should be considered in lieu of changing file permissions.
On Windows operating systems, the user must be a member of the Windows "Admin" group. This gives the user the proper permissions required to start and stop processes after the installation, including the Builders.
The Oracle Fusion Middleware certification document for a specific release provides information about the minimum required Oracle WebLogic Server (FMW Infrastructure) version. See the certification document for your release on the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configurations page.
If you are installing Oracle Reports on Microsoft Windows operating system, Oracle home directory path should not be not too long, as described in Verify Environment Variable Len