Install JDeveloper by executing jdevstudio11116install.exe. One of the major steps for the installation process is configuring a new, or using an existing, middleware home directory. This will install WebLogic along with JDeveloper, as shown in the following screenshot:

You'll see the Middleware Home Directory screen (if needed, update the install directory), click on Next. Then select Complete and again click on Next.

The next screen will list the Middleware Home and Product Installation directories. Click on Next. We recommend keeping the default selection of All Users, as shown in the following screenshot and click on Next:

On the next screen you will find the installation summary. Click on Next on the Installation Summary window that will start installing the Oracle JDeveloper. On completion of the installation, you will see the congratulations window, as shown in the following screenshot. Please check the Run Quickstart option and click on Done:

On next window, click on Launch Oracle JDeveloper 11g and select the Default Role option and leave Always prompt for role selection on startup selected, as shown in the following screenshot and click on OK. On the next window, make sure to associate the file types of JDeveloper Application, JDeveloper Project, Java Source File, and Java Server Page with JDeveloper:

Connect to the database using a Windows shell command prompt and run sqlplus system/{password}@XE as sysdba.

SQL> show parameter session
SQL> show parameter processes

Set the RCU_JDBC_TRIM_BLOCKS variable as TRUE before creating the schemas using RCU if your database is Oracle XE.

In Windows, you need to navigate to Control Panel | Advanced system settings | Advanced. From under System Properties, click on Environment Variables. An Environment Variables dialog appears. From under the System variables section, click on New. A New System Variable dialog appears. Set the Variable Name as RCU_JDBC_TRIM_BLOCKS and Variable Value as TRUE, as shown in the following screenshot:

For creating RCU schemas, execute rcu.bat from the bin folder located at {FullPath}\rcuHome\BIN. Please note, that rcu.bat won't work with the files and folders names having a space in them. It will display the repository creation utility (RCU). Click on Next on the Welcome window that will take you to the Create Repository step, as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on Next and enter the database information. Look in the tnsnames.ora or listener.ora files located in the Oracle Database install directory for the database information. As shown in the following screenshot, ensure that you use the exact information from the tnsnames.ora file as the database information. For example, enter the value for Host Name as the database server hostname. If you are running the Repository Creation Utility on the database server itself, you may use Host Name as localhost, as shown in the following screenshot:

You can ignore the database support warnings. It will initiate the installation step of Checking Prerequisites with all the green ticks, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on OK:

The next screen allows you to add a prefix with database schemas. Usually the prefix DEV is used for development environments, PROD for production, and so on. Select the SOA and BPM Infrastructure components on the next window that will allow you to select Metadata Services, as shown in the following screenshot. Dependent schemas are selected automatically. If you choose to select other components, these install instructions may not match your experience. Also, you may have to increase processes in XE (you will get a message telling you what is required):

The preceding step creates the following database schemas:

Click on OK on the next window and choose a password for the database schemas, as shown in the following screenshot. It is recommended to keep the same passwords for all schemas for a development environment:

On the next window it will create tablespaces for the all the schemas created earlier:

Click on OK to create tablespaces in the database:

Click on Create. This will create all schemas in the database, as shown in the following screenshot. On the next window, click on Close. That completes the creation of database schemas for the SOA Suite:

Extract all the disks from the ZIP archive into one folder and run setup.exe from disk1.

To avoid the install error message, provide the location of JDK/JRE while running the setup.exe file from the command line. You will need to pass jreLoc as a parameter to setup.exe, as shown in the following command line:

setup.exe -jreLoc C:\Oracle\Middleware\jdk160_24

It will launch the install window, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Next. On the next window click on Skip Software Updates and then click on Next:

It will start the SOA Suite installation and that will perform the Prerequisite Checks. On successful checks, we will get all the status as green, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Next:

Please make sure that you have already installed WebLogic as a standalone install or as part of the JDeveloper install. On the next window, as shown in the following screenshot, enter the location of Oracle Middleware Home and click on Next:

On the next window, if you get the warning message that an existing Oracle SOA Suite 11g home has been detected, click on Yes to upgrade the existing Oracle SOA Suite 11g and then click on Next:

On the next window, we will get the installation summary, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Install to start the SOA Suite installation:

On the next window, you will get the installation progress window that may take a few minutes to finish the install. On completion of the install, click on Next and that will take you to the Installation Complete window, as shown in the following screenshot. Click on Finish to complete the Oracle SOA Suite installation: