All of the software you will need can be downloaded from the Oracle Business Intelligence 12c Downloads page at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork
.
Before you can download the software, you will need to log in to the Oracle website and accept the license terms:
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Let's get all the software, including the software for the next chapter:
Create a folder for the downloads, for example, C:obiee_downloads.
Download all the OBIEE installation media to the previously created directory:
The Windows JDK (we used Version 8 Update 74)
WebLogic Server
Oracle Business Intelligence 12c, File 1 and File 2
Oracle Business Intelligence Developer Client Tool
There is a link on the 12c Downloads page for the Java distributions.
Follow the links, accept the license, and download the Windows 64-bit version (jdk-8u74-windows-x64.exe):
You will end up with five files in the download folder, as shown in the following screenshot:
Once you have downloaded these files, unzip them using either the Windows native ZIP utility or 7-Zip (http://7-zip.org/). Unzip the files directly into the Downloads folder. The Disk1_2 of 2.zip file contains another file, which does not need to be unzipped: