1 Overview of the Oracle Database Gateway Installation

1.2.1 Interactive Installation Method

When you use the interactive method to install Oracle Database Gateway, Oracle Universal Installer displays a series of screens that enable you to specify all of the required information.

1.2.2 Automated Installation Method Using Response Files

By creating a response file and specifying this file when you start Oracle Universal Installer, you can automate some or all of the Oracle Database Gateway installation.

For more information about these modes and about how to complete an installation using response files, refer to Appendix A, "Using Response Files for Noninteractive Installation".

1.3.1 Release Notes

Read the release notes for the product before installing it. The release notes are available on the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) installation media. The latest version of the release notes is also available on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web site:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/index.html

1.3.2 Hardware and Software Certification

The platform-specific hardware and software requirements included in this installation guide were current at the time this guide was published. However, because new platforms and operating system software versions might be certified after this guide is published, review the certification matrix on the My Oracle Support Web site for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions. The My Oracle Support Web site is available at the following Web site:

https://support.oracle.com

1.3.3 Multiple Oracle Homes Support

This product supports multiple Oracle homes. This means that you can install this release or previous releases of the software more than once on the same system, in different Oracle home directories.

1.5.1 Downloading Oracle Software from the OTN Web Site

You can download the installation files from the OTN and extract them to your hard disk.

To download the installation files:

1. Use any browser to access the OTN software download page:

   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html
   

2. Navigate to each of the download pages for the product that you want to install.

3. On each download page, identify the required disk space by adding the file sizes for each required file. The file sizes are listed next to the file names.

4. Select a file system with enough free space to store and expand the files. In most cases, the available disk space must be at least twice the size of each compressed file.

5. On the file system that you just selected, create a parent directory for each product that you plan to install, for example Dg_1, to hold the installation directories.

6. Download all the installation files to the directories that you just created.

7. Verify that the files that you downloaded are the same size as the corresponding files on OTN.

8. Extract the files in each directory that you just created.

9. After you have extracted the required installation files, go to the "Running the Oracle Universal Installer" section.

1.5.2 Copying the Oracle Software to a Hard Disk

Before installing Oracle Database Gateway, you might want to copy the software to the hard disk. This enables the installation process to run faster. Before copying the installation media content to the hard disk, you must mount the installation media.

To copy the contents of the installation media to a hard disk:

1. Create a directory on your hard drive. For example:

   d:\install\Disk1
   

2. Copy the contents of the installation media to the directory that you just created.

3. After you have copied all the required installation files, go to the "Running the Oracle Universal Installer" section.