1. Get xmlparserv2.jar from jdev or oc4j lib directory.
   D:\oc4j\lib\xmlparserv2.jar
2. Unzip xmlparserv2 into any temp directory.
   For example: D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory
3. Edit:
   D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF
   add the Main-Class for the xsl parser:
   Manifest-Version: 1.0
   Created-By: 1.4.2_10 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
   Main-Class: oracle.xml.parser.v2.oraxsl
   Keep a blank line at the end of the file.
4. Create a new jar archive
   D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory> jar cmf D:\xmlpaserv2_unzip_directory\META-INF\MANIFEST.MF xmlparserv2standalone.jar *
5. Write a command script to start xmlparserv2standalone from XMLSpy.
   Insert the following command:
   java -jar D:\Tools\lib\xmlparserv2standalone.jar %1 %3 >%2
   
6. Edit XMLSpy Option to use the command script and xmlparserv2standalone.jar:
   

That’s it.

Prepared Oracle xmlparserv2standalone for download: xmlparserv2standalone

1. enable SHMConfig
2. install gsynaptics: $ sudo apt-get install gsynaptics
3. reboot

After installation, gsynaptics can be found under System > Preferences > Touchpad.

Read the community documentation SynapticsTouchpad !!!

1. choose to install your favourite player, Kaffeine or VLC:
   for Kaffeine: # sudo apt-get install kaffeine
   for VLC: # sudo apt-get install vlc libvlc0 libvlc0-dev
   This will install the player and also depending recommended libs.
2. install dvd and encryption libs:
   # sudo apt-get install libdvdread3 libdvdcss2 regionset
3. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Therefore DVD players need to have a specified region to be set. To detec if your players has a region set, insert any dvd without (!) encryption and run regionset:
   $ regionset
   The output should contain something like that:

   fengel@D630fengel:~$ regionset
   regionset version 0.1 -- reads/sets region code on DVD drives
   Current Region Code settings:
   RPC Phase: II
   type: SET // <---  region set
   vendor resets available: 4
   user controlled changes resets available: 4
   drive plays discs from region(s): 2, mask=0xFD  // <-- your region (see wikipedia link below)
   
   Would you like to change the region setting of your drive? [y/n]:
   

   This means a region is set and you can exit regionset without changes and proceed to step 4.
   If there’s no region set, then continue setting your region. Here’s an overview about DVD region settings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_codes#Region_codes_and_countries
   Now go on and set your region.

4. install css decryption:
   # sudo /usr/share/doc/kaffeine/install-css.sh
5. for Kaffeine:
   Open Kaffeine > Settings > xine Engine Parameters > Select “Media” section > Select the “Expert Options” tab > Change”CSS decryption method” from “key” to “title”.
6. for VLC: no addtional settings needed.
7. Restart your system.
8. Insert an encrypted DVD and wait until it’s detected by the system. In some case this may take a while. It differs depending on the DVD drive manufacturer. (on my HP nx7400 it was much faster than on my Dell D630)
9. When the DVD is detected open your favourite player and enjoy the movie!

Here we go:

1. install “wine” from your linux distribution repository:
   - for adept use:
   # apt-get install wine or get it from here: http://www.winehq.org/site/download
2. download the winXP version of xnview from here: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html
3. install it using wine:
   # wine XnView-win-full-de.exe
   
4. start XnView go to Tools > Capture screen:
   

   You can’t effect the Capture area. XnView will always capture the entire desktop. To get single windows or region screenshots you have to use the “crop” function afterwards. Even the “Hot key” option doesn’t work. So you can only use the “delay” method. That’s because XnView can’t handle th e whole X-Server and multiple desktop stuff on linux, I suppose. Here’s a screenshot including mouse pointer and expanded menu:

   

   Yeah! :-]

For TouchFreeze and Qsynaptic.

1. install required qt-packages:
   $ sudo apt-get install qt3-designer qt3-dev-tools libqt3-mt-dev qt4-designer qt4-dev-tools
2. install latest synaptics driver:
   $ sudo apt-get install libsynaptics0
3. edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf :
   add the following line to the touchpad section:
   Option “SHMConfig” “on”
   This allows configuration of the touchpad at runtime.

TouchFreeze: enable / disable touchpad from system tray

1. install required qt-packages:
   $ sudo apt-get install qt4-designer qt4-dev-tools
2. get latest touchfreeze-tarball from here:
   http://qsynaptics.sourceforge.net/dl.html
3. compile touchfreeze:
   /opt/touchfreeze-0.2.2$ /usr/share/qt4/bin/qmake
   /opt/touchfreeze-0.2.2$ make
4. copy the TouchFreeze binary in your ~/.kde/Autostart folder:
   /opt/touchfreeze-0.2.2$ ln -s touchfreeze ~/.kde/Autostart/
5. restart X server:
   Ctrl + Alt + Backspace
6. TouchFreeze utility is now present in the system tray and you can enable/disable the touchpad.

QSynaptics: configure synaptic touchpadQsynaptic is a standalone application.

1. install required qt-packages:
   $ sudo apt-get install qt3-designer qt3-dev-tools libqt3-mt-dev
2. get latest qsynaptic-tarball from here:
   http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/qsynaptics/qsynaptics-0.21.tar.bz2?download
3. compile qsynaptic:
   /opt/qsynaptics$ /usr/share/qt3/bin/qmake
   /opt/qsynaptics$ make
4. run qsynaptics:
   /opt/qsynaptics/bin$ ./qsynaptics
5. configure your touchpad

xorg.conf: configure synaptic touchpad

If qsynaptic doesn’t work. Try configuring “etc/X11.xorg.conf” manually:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver        "synaptics"
Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
Option        "HorizEdgeScroll"    "0"
Option    "SHMConfig" "on"
Option    "MinSpeed"  "1"
Option    "MaxSpeed"  "10"
Option    "AccelFactor" "0.2"
EndSection

For detailed option description read: http://linux.die.net/man/5/synaptics

Go to “Start > System Settings > Advanced >Session Manager”. There are two options how to fix this issue.

1. On Login:
   enable “Restore manually saved session”
2. Advanced:
   enter a comma separated list of executables to be excluded from session management

This settings force the applications added to “~/home/.kde/Autostart” to startup with only one instance every logon to X session.

For further details refer to this guide: http://jucato.org/kde/kde-autostart.html#ksmserver

1. close JDeveloper
2. delete this file:
   $ rm -rf your_jdev_home/system/oracle.ide.10.1.3.42.70/windowinglayout.xml

   This forces JDeveloper to revert back to the default layout upon next start.

3. restart JDeveloper

Now JDeveloper will show up with the default window layout.

corrupted layout (before):

restored default layout (after):

export http_proxy=”http://proxyserver:port”
export ftp_proxy=”http://proxyserver:port”

Means for example:

export http_proxy=”http://proxy.example.com:8080″
export ftp_proxy=”http://proxy.example.com:8080″

You can use ?proxy-username=”username” and ?proxy-passwd=”password” to set proxy user name and password where required. Replace user name with your proxy server user name and password with your proxy server password.

$ wget –proxy-user=”username” –proxy-passwd=”password” URL

Another alternative is to specify user and password in http_proxy / ftp_proxy environment variable as follows:

export http_proxy=”http://username:password@proxy.example.com:8080″

Then you can run wget as normal like:

$ wget URL

For the windows installation you should refer to the great tutorial and screencast from Shay Shmeltzer on OTN. Read: Deploying The SRDemo ADF Sample Application on WebLogic Servers
But if you try to adept this way of installation to linux, you’ll probably end up in some errors. That’s from my experience so far. Maybe because the whole ADF / WebLogic / Jdeveloper stuff is quite in development state and will work better in 11g release later on.

• Requirements:
• Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3
• Jdeveloper 10.1.3.4
• Oracle ADF Installer 10.1.3.4

Now, let’s start. The following sections assume that you’ve installed Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3 successful, an empty WebLogic domain is created and there is a ready to deploy ADF BC application or any other ADF application. It doens’t have to be a BC app. I suppose also a toplink app will work, because we will setup the complete ADF runtime on WebLogic, which also for example includes toplink libraries.

1. Setting up ADF Libraries on WebLogic

Before we actually deploy the application onto the WebLogic server we need to install the ADF Runtime libraries on the server. To do this we can use either the installer that is embedded inside JDeveloper or the stand alone ADF Installer utility - which we’ll use in this how-to.
The detailed instructions for setting ADF libraries on WebLogic are described in the deployment chapter of the ADF Developer Guide. (Note that these instruction are for windows installation - we will install on linux!)

1.1 Shutdown WebLogic instance

It’s recommended to shutdown the WebLogic instance for the domain where you want to install the ADF runtime.

1.2 Prepare ADF Installer properties

Download and unzip the ADF Installer. Follow the included “README.html” and edit the “adfinstaller.properties” as follows:

# The absolute path to the directory containing  the ADF jars to be installed.
# This is the location of the directory where you unzipped the adfinsatller.zip
OracleHome = /path_to_adfinstaller_dir/

# Home directory for the destination application server,
# where the ADF Jars need to be installed
DesHome = /your_weblogic_home/wlserver_10.3/

# Specify the platform for the Application Server where the ADF libraries need
# to be installed. This has to be one of the following choices.
# OC4J/AS/TOMCAT/JBOSS/WEBLOGIC
type = WEBLOGIC

# Specify the weblogic domain directory, when choosing the type as WEBLOGIC
UserHome = /your_weblogic_home/user_projects/domains/your_weblogic_domain/

# If the type is OC4J or AS, change the oc4jInstance Name if it is other than the default name home.
Oc4jInstanceName = home

# Specify the install action to be taken.
# Please note, UNINSTALL is not supported with AS
# INSTALL/UNINSTALL/RESTORE
InstallOption = INSTALL

# Please specify the version of the ADF libraries to be restored, in case of
# the RESTORE Option. Uncomment and provide the correct version.

# RES_VERSION = 10.1.3.xx.xx

# Specify if the output should be silent, or written to the screen.
# The installer output is also written to a ${platform}.html file.
# silent = true

1.3 Run ADF Installer

Run the ADF Installer as described in the “README.html”.

fengel@D630fengel:~/Temp/adfinstaller$ java -jar runinstaller.jar adfinstaller.properties
The version for the ADF libraries being installed is 10.1.3.42.70

Installer log will be written to /home/fengel/Temp/adfinstaller//weblogic.html
ADF Runtime Installer
Modify your startup file to invoke the setupadf.cmd(.sh) file to configure your classpath.

Copied  /home/fengel/Temp/adfinstaller/BC4J/lib/adfcm.jar to instance  /opt/bea/wlserver_10.3/ADF/lib/adfcm.jar
Copied  /home/fengel/Temp/adfinstaller/BC4J/lib/adfm.jar to instance  /opt/bea/wlserver_10.3/ADF/lib/adfm.jar
Copied  /home/fengel/Temp/adfinstaller/BC4J/lib/adfmweb.jar to instance  /opt/bea/wlserver_10.3/ADF/lib/adfmweb.jar
[...]

1.4 Remove “^M” from “setupadf.sh”

The ADF Installer creates a “setupadf.sh” script which is responsible for loading ADF libs into classpath. Anyway, this script is buggy and will end up in errors when executed. Reason: The ADF Installer puts a “^M” carriage return character at each end of line. This won’t work on linux.
To remove the “^M” characters at the end of all lines open “setupadf.sh” in vi, use:
:%s/^V^M//g

The ^v is a CONTROL-V character and ^m is a CONTROL-M. When you type this, it will look like this:
:%s/^M//g

Information:
In UNIX, you can escape a control character by preceeding it with a CONTROL-V. The :%s is a basic search and replace command in vi. It tells vi to replace the regular expression between the first and second slashes (^M) with the text between the second and third slashes (nothing in this case). The g at the end directs vi to search and replace globally (all occurrences).

Save “setupadf.sh” and exit vi, use:
:wq

1.5 Replace relative path with ${WL_HOME}

Now open “setupadf.sh” again with a more comfortable editor like kate or gedit. Replace all the relative paths to “../../../wlserver_10.3//” with “${WL_HOME}“.

1.6 Set bc4j lib usage

If your Business Component using Oracle DB you should change the generic BC4J library to the Oracle specific one. Change the “bc4jdomgnrc.jar” to “bc4jdomorcl.jar”:

## bc4j generic
#CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${WL_HOME}/ADF/jlib/bc4jdomgnrc.jar
## bc4j oracle
CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${WL_HOME}/ADF/lib/bc4jdomorcl.jar

1.7 Edit “setDomainEnv.sh” to call “setupadf.sh”

The “setDomainEnv.sh” is called by “startWebLogic.sh” and is used to build and export the CLASSPATH. The ADF libs need to be included to CLASSPATH, so the “setupadf.sh” must be called from here.
Open “your_domain/bin/setDomainEnv.sh” with a text editor, scroll down to “#SET CLASSPATH” and append the following changes. In that way the ADF libs are added to CLASSPATH and loaded during startup of the server instance.

# SET THE CLASSPATH
# include ADF runtime libs
. "${DOMAIN_HOME}/setupadf.sh"

CLASSPATH="${PRE_CLASSPATH}${CLASSPATHSEP}${WEBLOGIC_CLASSPATH}${CLASSPATHSEP}${POST_CLASSPATH}${CLASSPATHSEP}${WLP_POST_CLASSPATH}${CLASSPATH}"
export CLASSPATH

Save and exit.

1.8 Start Weblogic Instance

The ADF libs should now be loaded during startup. So start your WebLogic instance:
fengel@D630fengel:/opt/bea/user_projects/domains/adfdomain$ ./startWebLogic.sh
… and check the console output. Here they are:

Now ADF is running on WebLogic.

2 Prepare and deploy ADF BC application

This part shows what is needed for successful deployment of a ADF BC application to Oracle WebLogic 10.3 Application Server.

2.1 Configure Application Module to use JDBC connection

As there are problems using datasource connections you should use JDBC connection for all of your application modules.

2.2 Add libs for BC apps and JDBC support to ViewController Project

For a BC app and JDBC support you need to include some additional libraries to the ViewController Project. Add the following libraries to ViewController Project:

• In the ViewController project properties, go to Libraries.
• Add the following libraries that are needed for the Model project:
  • BC4J Oracle Domains
  • Oracle JDBC
  • SQLJ Runtime

For more information read: How to deploy a JDev 10.1.3 application to OracleAS 10.1.2 (Step 4,5)

2.3 Create Deployment Profile

Add a new “war” deployment profile to your ViewController project:

(You can either create a deployment profile from the context menu of you web.xml.)

2.4 Enable JDBC and BC4J Libs in deployment profile

This step is very essential. If you don’t do this, you’ll end up in a JBO-30003 error when trying to checkout an application module.
The JBDC and BC4J libs need to be include in your deployment. You have to enable them. Go to your “deployment profile > properties > WEB-INF/lib > Contributors” and enable the libs you added to your ViewController project in step 2.2:

Depending on your project requirements you may have to enable other libraries too. For more information read: How to deploy a JDev 10.1.3 application to OracleAS 10.1.2 (Step 7,8,9)

2.5 Deployment

Recommending an established connection to the WebLogic Server you can deploy the application by one-click-deployment from the context menu of the deployment profile.

Otherwise deployment needs to be done in two steps:

1. create *.war archive from deployment profile
2. from inside WebLogic administration console upload *.war archive and deploy.

2.6 Check running application

Now the ADF application should be up and running on WebLogic.

That’s it.

This (quick-)installation guide is just an abstract of the Oracleİ Database Express Edition Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Linux.

For the following steps you need to “root“!

1. Create user and groups

   We will now create a user “oracle” for later use as database administrator.
   Create groups:

   # groupadd oinstall
   # groupadd dba
   # groupadd oper

   Create OS user “oracle” with group permissions and home “/home/oracle”:

   # useradd -g oinstall -G dba,oper -d /home/oracle oracle

   Set password for user oracle:

   # passwd oracle

2. Server Component Kernel Parameter Requirements

   The Oracle Database XE installation checks your system for the following kernel parameter settings. If the kernel parameters of your system are less than the values needed, then the installation will modify the kernel parameters.
   To prevent mismatches you can edit “/etc/sysctl.conf” and add the following parameter settings:

   kernel.shmall = 2097152
   kernel.shmmax = 536870912
   kernel.shmmni = 4096
   # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
   kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
   fs.file-max = 65536
   net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
   

   Save and exit.
   Now run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:

   # /sbin/sysctl -p

3. Install required packages

   # yum install glibc libaio

4. Download Oracle Database XE 10.2.0.1

   Download Oracle XE from here: Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Express Edition for Linux x86.
   If you downloaded the oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm executable, you would enter this command:

   # rpm -ivh downloads/oracle-xe-univ-10.2.0.1-1.0.i386.rpm

5. When prompted, run the following command:

   # /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure

   For this howto keep the defaults for HTTP and listener port. Just set your SYS password and decide whether you want the database to start automatically when the computer starts. If you enter Yes, then the database starts immediately
   If you need to change the configuration settings, then you can do so by running “oracle-xe configure” again.

6. Setting the Oracle Database XE Server Environment Variables

   Performing this step, you may run into an error regarding “nls_lang.sh”. If so, correct he error as described here and redo this step.
   Ok. Now set the environment variables by running this script:

   # /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/oracle_env.sh

   To add this environment variables permanently go to the home directory for user “oracle” and edit the “.bash_profile. Add the following lins at the end:

   . /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/oracle_env.sh
   

7. Reboot

   Now to make sure the shortcuts will appear in the menu for “oracle” perform a reboot (maybe restarting the x-server will also suffice). Regard stopping the database first, if still running.

8. Start / stop databse

   To start / stop the database manually, run this commands:

   # /etc/init.d/oracle-xe start
   # /etc/init.d/oracle-xe stop

   This only works for the “root” user. Logged in as normal “oracle” user you’ll have shortcuts in the menu or try these scripts:

   $ $ORALCE_HOME/config/scripts/startdb.sh
   $ $ORALCE_HOME/config/scripts/startdb.sh

9. Relogin as user “oracle“

   Now you should see the menu shortcuts for Oracle XE.

   To adminstrate the database open your browser (I recommend using firefox) and go to: “127.0.0.1:8080/apex“.
   If you’re not able to open this url, then check you browser network settings. Prevent “127.0.0.1″ from using a proxy setting the “No proxy for:”-parameter in the network settings.

Done.

For further details read the Oracleİ Database Express Edition Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Linux.