The document provides steps to install Oracle Forms and Reports 11g on Linux 5.4. It includes instructions on modifying OS configuration files, installing prerequisite RPM packages, setting up the user oracle and groups, installing Java JDK, unzipping the Forms and Reports software, running the installer, configuring the domain, and starting the servers. It also provides URLs to access the Forms and Reports applications and tips on deploying and running forms.

1. Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Installation on Linux 5.4
 Change O/s Configuration and Parameters
Take the backup before modifying the O/s configuration files.
cp sysctl.conf sysctl.confold
cd /etc
vi sysctl.conf
 Add the following to the Kernel sysctl configuration file for Red Hat Linux
# Kernel sysctl configuration file for Red Hat Linux
#
# For binary values, 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled. See sysctl(8) and
# sysctl.conf(5) for more details.
# Controls IP packet forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
# Controls source route verification
net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter = 1
# Do not accept source routing
net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0
# Controls the System Request debugging functionality of the kernel
kernel.sysrq = 0
# Controls whether core dumps will append the PID to the core filename

2. # Useful for debugging multi-threaded applications
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1
# Controls the use of TCP syncookies
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
# Controls the maximum size of a message, in bytes
kernel.msgmnb = 65536
# Controls the default maxmimum size of a mesage queue
kernel.msgmax = 65536
# Controls the maximum shared segment size, in bytes
kernel.shmmax = 68719476736
# Controls the maximum number of shared memory segments, in pages
kernel.shmall = 4294967296
Press Esc +Shift :wq to save the changes
Press Esc +Shift :q! to quit without saving the changes
 Change the Hosts File Entry
Take the backup before modifying the hosts file entry
cd /etc
cp hosts hostsold
vi hosts
Press Esc +Shift :wq to save the changes
Press Esc +Shift :q! to quit without saving the changes

3.  Go to /etc/security (cd /etc/security) and Add or change /etc/security/limits.conf file:
vi limits.conf
# End of file
oracle hard nofile 4096
oracle soft nofile 4096
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nproc 2047
 Go to /etc/pam.d (cd /etc/pam.d) and Add or change line to the /etc/pam.d/login file
vi login
add the below lines in the file
session required pam_limits.so
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
Press Esc +Shift :wq to save the changes

4. Press Esc +Shift :q! to quit without saving the changes
 The following packages(rpm) are required for Enterprise Linux:
checking rpm:
rpm –q rpmname
rpm –q elfutils-libelf-devel-0.125-3.el5.i386
rpm –q gcc-4.1.2-46.el5.x86_64
rpm –q gcc-c++-4.1.2-46.el5.x86_64
rpm –q glibc-devel-2.5-42.i386
rpm –q libaio-0.3.106-3.2.i386
rpm –q libaio-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64
rpm –q libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386
rpm –q libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64
rpm –q libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
rpm –q libstdc++-4.1.2-46.el5.x86_64
rpm –q libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5.i386
rpm –q libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-46.el5.x86_64
rpm –q libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64
rpm –q libxp6-1.0.1-2.mga2.i586
rpm –q libxp6-1.0.1-3-mdv2012.0.i586

5. rpm -q openmotif-2.2.3-6.RHEL4.2.i386
rpm -q openmotif-2.2.3-9.RHEL4.1.src
rpm -q openmotif22-2.2.3-20.x86_64
rpm -q sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5.x86_64
rpm -q XFree86-libs-3.3.2.3-25.i386
Attached the downloaded rpm here
Create User and Groups by using below commands:
groupadd oinstall
useradd -g oinstall oracle
passwd oracle
Unzip the software from the path where it is saved and use the below command to unzip the file
unzip ofm_frmrpts_linux_11.1.2.0.0_64_disk1_1of1.zip
 Download and install Java JDK1.6 version from the path where it is saved before installing web
logic server
./jrockit - jdk1.6.0_22-R28.1.1-4.0.1-linux-x64.bin

6. Click Next to install the JDK

7. Click Next with the default Product Installation Directory
Click Next without selecting Optional Components

8. You will get the below confirmation message once the JDK has been installed successfully.

9. Click on Done to exit from JDK installation.
Set JAVA_HOME and path by editing the bash_profile by using below command.
vi .bash_profile
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/home/oracle/Oracle/jrockit - jdk1.6.0_22-R28.1.1-4.0.1

10. export PATH==/home/oracle/Oracle/jrockit - jdk1.6.0_22-R28.1.1-4.0.1/bin:$PATH
To save the changes Esc+Shift+: wq
To quit with out saving the changes Esc+Shift+: q!
To effect the changes to the server execute the below command.
. .bash_profile
 Download the web logic server software to the location /tmp/StageApps and install the web
logic server by using the below command.

11. java -jar wls1035_generic.jar
 Click Next to continue installation

12.  Create a new Middleware Home and give the location to be installed
 Click Next and uncheck the "I Wish to" and click Yes to continue

13.  Check the "I Wish to..." and click on Continue to proceed further
 Continue with default install Type "Typical" and click on Next

14.  Select the installed JDK path and click on Next

15.  Choose default web logic server location and click next to continue WLS installation
 Click Next

16.  You will get the above screen after installation got success. Uncheck the check box and click on
Done.
 Check the Middleware location in the installed path
 Go to the Stage directory where the software is downloaded and staged and run the below
command to start the installation
./runIstaller
 Select default values for Inventory Directory and Operating System Group Name

17.  Click Ok to continue installation
 Click Next

18.  Select "Skip Software Updates" and click Next to continue installation

19.  Select "Install and Configure" and click Next to continue installation

20.  Click next to continue and ignore the warning for operating system prerequisite checks

21.  Select the Oracle Middleware Home Location, Web logic server location and Oracle Instance
Location and click Next to continue installation

22.  Select "Configure For Deployment" and click Next to continue installation

23.  Select "Create Domain" and give the credentials for web logic server em console and click Next
to continue installation

24.  Select at least one developer tools and click Next to continue installation

26.  Select "Auto Port Configuration" and click Next to continue installation

27.  Select "Do Not Use Proxy Settings" and click Next to continue installation

28.  Uncheck "Use Application Identity Store" and click Next to continue installation

29.  Click on "Install" to start the installation
 You will get the below confirmation dialog once the installation reached 100% and connect to
Linux as root and execute the below command

30. #/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1/oracleRoot.sh
 Click OK once the script is executed and you will get the below error while configuring
and the solution to fix this issue is provided below

31. As we faced above error while configuring the domain ..
modifications done on this issue:
1) Make sure that your Hostname and Gateway has properly configured.
2) Make sure that below RPM packages are installed or not.
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86 64.rpm
openmotif22-2.2.3-20.x86 64.rpm
3) Make sure that Firewall and Selinux has been Disabled.
Root] # service iptables status.
Root] # service iptables stop.
Refer below links for more information:

32. http://dirknachbar.blogspot.in/2011_02_01_archive.html
http://dirknachbar.blogspot.in/2011/02/oracle-reports-1111-reports.html
 Click Next once the configuration reached 100%
Click "Finish" once the installation is completed.

34.  Change/add user environment variables
log in as oracle
Go to /home/oracle
Vi .bash_profile
Add the following:
.bash_profile
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/home/oracle/jrockit-jdk1.6.0_22-R28.1.1-4.0.1
export PATH=/home/oracle/jrockit-jdk1.6.0_22-R28.1.1-
4.0.1/bin:$PATH:/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1/bin:$PATH
export ORACLE_MIDDLEWARE=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1
export ORACLE_INSTANCE=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/asinst_1
export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1/lib:/home/oracle/Orac
le/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1/jdk/jre/lib/amd64/native_threads
export FORMS_BUILDER_CLASSPATH=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_FRHome1/jlib
export FORMS_PATH=/home/oracle/Oracle/data/myforms

35. Some Tips to start the servers from Linux:
To find any file name use the below command
find . -name *.DAT
find . -name *.lok
To remove any file execute the below command
rm -rf <File name with path>
start Admin Server
****************
cd /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/user_projects/domains/ClassicDomain/bin
./ startWebLogic.sh
start nodeManager
******************
cd /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/wlserver_10.3/server/bin

36. ./ startNodeManager.sh
start reports engine
******************
cd /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/asinst_1/bin
./opmnctl startall
To find out the status
./opmnctl status
To stop the Engine
./opmnctl stopall
If WLS_FORMS and WLS_REPORTS are down, then we need start from Web logic Administrator console
http://bias17.bias.com:7001/console
Administrator Console: http://bias17.bias.com:7001/console
EM Console: http://bias17.bias.com:7001/em
EMAgent URL: http://bias17.bias.com:5155/emd/main
Reports URL: http://bias17.bias.com:8888/reports/rwservlet
Forms URL: http://bias17.bias.com:8888/forms/frmservlet
After successful installation, we need to verify the above links by opening in the web browser and you
will get the below screens.

38. Configuration Information for reports
Name of the File Directory structure on Unix
rwbuilder.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwbuilder (executable) $ORACLE_HOME/bin/

39. Name of the File Directory structure on Unix
reports.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwserver.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwclient.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwrun.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwconverter.sh $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/reports/bin/
rwservlet.properties **
$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_REPORTS/stage/reports/
reports/configuration/
cgicmd.dat **
$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_REPORTS/stage/reports/
reports/configuration/
rwserver.conf (standalone)
$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/ReportsServerComponent/
report_server_name/
rwnetwork.conf (standalone)
$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/ReportsServerComponent/
report_server_name/
rwnetwork.conf $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/ReportsToolsComponent/ReportsTools/
rwserver.conf (in-process)**
$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_REPORTS/stage/reports/
reports/configuration/
rwnetwork.conf **
$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/WLS_REPORTS/stage/reports/
reports/configuration/
targets.xml $DOMAIN_HOME/sysman/state/
opmnctl (executable) $ORACLE_INSTANCE/bin/
opmn.xml $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/OPMN/opmn/
uifont.ali
$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FRComponent/frcommon/
guicommon/tk/admin/
uiprint.txt
$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FRComponent/frcommon/
guicommon/tk/admin/
Tk2motif.rgb
$ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/FRComponent/frcommon/
guicommon/tk/admin/
portlist.ini $ORACLE_HOME/install/
httpd.conf $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/OHS/ohs1/
tnsnames.ora $ORACLE_INSTANCE/config/
 We need to add the TNS entries in the tnsnames.ora file which is located in the below path
/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/asinst_1/config
DEV =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 172.16.12.43)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = dev.bias.com)
)
)

40.  If we are facing any issue while opening form builder in Linux, just execute
the below command as root user
]# xhost +
 To open the form builder in Linux execute below command from the path
/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/asinst_1/bin
./frmbld.sh
 Move the attached form HR.fmb to the path /home/oracle/Oracle/data/myforms
 Compile the form HR.fmb by opening it in form builder and it will generate HR.fmx in the same
directory.
 Open the deployed form in web browser by using the link below and you will get error as FRM-
40010: Cannot read form HR.
http://bias17.bias.com:8888/forms/frmservlet?config=hr8&form=HR

41.  If we get this error, then we need to log in into web logic em and need to give the
FORMS_PATH for environment configuration as /home/oracle/Oracle/data/myforms
 After the path provided then click on "Apply" button then will get confirmation message
as "Changes have been applied"

42.  Try again by opening the link in web browser you will get the below screen
http://bias17.bias.com:8888/forms/frmservlet?config=hr8&form=HR
Username:hr8
password:hr8
Database:DEV
 Enter the credentials for the database then the form will open

43.  If you do not want to enter the data base credentials at runtime, you need to configure
them in web logic server em under web configuration.
userid= hr8/hr8@DEV

44.  Click on "Apply" button you will get the confirmation "Applying Changes - Completed
Successfully" and then click on Close.
 Try again by opening the link in web browser you will get the below screen and this time
it will not ask for database credentials
http://bias17.bias.com:8888/forms/frmservlet?config=hr8&form=HR

45. Starting the In-process Server (Windows and UNIX) for Reports:
If you are using Reports Server as an in-process server (the default configuration),
sending a run report request starts the in-process server; however, if you are sending a
request through a command line, the servlet must be invoked first using either the run
report URL or the Web command URL. When you have successfully started the servlet,
this also means you have successfully started the in-process server.
To directly start the in-process server from a URL, enter the following from your Web
browser:
http://bias17.bais.com:8888/reports/rwservlet/startserver