Various software releases will sometimes have incompatibility because the two products were released or tested at about the same time. This is the cause of Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.0.0 (FMW 12c) and
Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.2 (OEL 7). FMW 12c was thoroughly tested against OEL 6, but due to its release date collision with OEL 7, there are some validation which fail checks during the install. Resulting in the
error below:

[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$ java -Djava.io.tmpdir=/u04/tmp -jar fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure.jar -silent -ignoreSysPrereqs -responseFile /u01/STAGE/fmw.rsp
Launcher log file is /u04/tmp/OraInstall2017-07-13_08-41-06AM/launcher2017-07-13_08-41-06AM.log.
Extracting the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
The OpenJDK JVM is not supported on this platform.
The log is located here: /u04/tmp/OraInstall2017-07-13_08-41-06AM/launcher2017-07-13_08-41-06AM.log.
[oracle@linux1 STAGE]$

This error is a result of FMW 12c being testing against OEL 6 with JDK 1.7, but the default JDK for OEL 7 is JDK 1.8. This article outlines a procedure to resolve this error and proceed with installation
of Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.0.0 on OEL 7 or any Linux 7 distribution.

1. Logon to OEL 7 server as the root user.

[larry@linux1 ~]$ su –
Password:
Last login: Tue Jul 13 09:44:38 EDT 2017 on pts/1
[root@linux1 ~]#

2. Determine current JAVA installed with command: java -version

[root@linux2 ~]# java -version
openjdk version “1.8.0_65”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_65-b17)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.65-b01, mixed mode)
[root@linux2 ~]#

We will install an alternative JDK for use of FMW with one we know works, in this case that JDK is 1.7.0_79.

3. Move to a directory to install the alternative JDK. In this case we will use /opt with command: cd /opt

[root@linux2 ~]# cd /opt
[root@linux2 opt]#

4. Download the JDK 1.7.0_79 with wget command: wget –no-check-certificate –no-cookies –header “Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie” “http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz” “http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-i586.tar.gz”

[root@linux2 opt]# wget –no-check-certificate –no-cookies –header “Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie” “http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz”
–2017-07-14 14:14:46– http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)… 70.186.31.18, 70.186.31.9
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|70.186.31.18|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz [following]
–2017-07-14 14:14:47– https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)… 104.72.8.208
Connecting to edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)|104.72.8.208|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://edelivery.oracle.com/osdc-otn/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz [following]
–2017-07-14 14:14:48– https://edelivery.oracle.com/osdc-otn/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz
Reusing existing connection to edelivery.oracle.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1473877008_9518549fbff39b6f0a026bcbd58215c9 [following]
–2017-07-14 14:14:48– http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u79-b15/jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz?AuthParam=1473877008_9518549fbff39b6f0a026bcbd58215c9
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|70.186.31.18|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 153512879 (146M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz’

100%[===============================================================================================>] 153,512,879 4.64MB/s in 32s

2017-07-14 14:15:20 (4.58 MB/s) – ‘jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz’ saved [153512879/153512879]

[root@linux2 opt]#

5. View the downloaded JDK with ls -l command:

[root@linux2 opt]# ls -l
total 149916
drwxr-xr-x. 4 oracle dba 43 Aug 25 14:22 app
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 153512879 Apr 13 2015 jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Mar 26 2015 rh
[root@linux2 opt]#

6. Unpack the JDK with tar command: tar xzf ./jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz

[root@linux2 opt]# tar xzf ./jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz
[root@linux2 opt]# ls
app jdk1.7.0_79 jdk-7u79-linux-x64.tar.gz rh
[root@linux2 opt]#

7. change directory to the newly created JDK directory under /opt with cd command: cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/

[root@linux2 opt]# cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

8. Use the alternatives command to install new JDK with command:

alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/java 2

9. Set the newly installed JDK as local default with command: alternatives –config java

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# alternatives –config java

There are 2 programs which provide ‘java’.

Selection Command
———————————————–
*+ 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.65-3.b17.el7.x86_64/jre/bin/java
2 /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/java

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 2
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

10. Install JAR from new JDK with command: alternatives –install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/jar 2

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# alternatives –install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/jar 2
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

11. Install javac executable from new JDK with command: alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/javac 2

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/javac 2
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

11. Set the new JAR as the default with command: alternatives –set jar /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/jar

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# alternatives –set jar /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/jar
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

12. Set the new JAVAC executable as the default with command: alternatives –set javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/javac

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# alternatives –set javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/javac
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

13. Check the default java version with command: java -version

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# java -version
java version “1.7.0_79”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]#

14. NOTE: The Java version is now 1.7 79. Logon as the oracle software owner.

[root@linux2 STAGE]# su – oracle
Last login: Wed Jul 14 10:56:10 EDT 2017 on pts/1
[oracle@linux2 ~]$

15. Move to your FMW 12c installation directory and attempt running the installer again. The java error should be removed.

cd /u01/STAGE
java -Djava.io.tmpdir=/u04/tmp -jar fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure.jar -silent -ignoreSysPrereqs -responseFile /u01/STAGE/fmw.rsp

[root@linux2 jdk1.7.0_79]# cd /u01/STAGE
[root@linux2 STAGE]# su – oracle
Last login: Wed Jul 14 10:56:10 EDT 2017 on pts/1
[oracle@linux2 ~]$ cd /u01/STAGE
[oracle@linux2 STAGE]$ java -Djava.io.tmpdir=/u04/tmp -jar fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure.jar -silent -ignoreSysPrereqs -responseFile /u01/STAGE/fmw.rsp
Launcher log file is /u04/tmp/OraInstall2017-07-14_02-26-54PM/launcher2017-07-14_02-26-54PM.log.
Extracting the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .java -Djava.io.tmpdir=/u04/tmp -jar fmw_12.2.1.1.0_infrastructure.jar -silent -ignoreSysPrereqs -responseFile /u01/STAGE/fmw.rsp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
Checking if CPU speed is above 300 MHz. Actual 3478.990 MHz Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 512 MB. Actual 2047 MB Passed
Checking if this platform requires a 64-bit JVM. Actual 64 Passed (64-bit not required)
Checking temp space: must be greater than 300 MB. Actual 32284 MB Passed

Preparing to launch the Oracle Universal Installer from /u04/tmp/OraInstall2017-07-14_02-26-54PM
oraInstFile: /etc/oraInst.loc

16. NOTE: JDK error is now removed.

Larry Catt, OCP