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Hi community :),

After 2 days, I have my SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Developer Edition 7.52 SP04 on Ubuntu Oracle Virtual box. Don't get scared, it is really easy. But took 2 days of mine.

I have tried to install it on Ubuntu a few times, all failed, then on openSuse those failed too. That is because I am just too lazy to read comments on blog posts. Also I need to give credit to blog authors, that is because none of them tell you, "It will fail" at first time because of sybase licence :D. Yeah, that is just part of installation.

So, I have decided to share pitfalls and exact steps with you to install without getting mad. Stay sane and follow steps below! Don't be lazy, read them all first. Pay attention to 25 and 26.

If you are not familiar with Linux and so far did not try and fail installing dev edition, I think you should follow that link -> https://abapacademy.com/blog/how-to-install-free-sap-system/ ,best of best so far, which is detailed version of https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/09/32638f18-687d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html

Video Tutorial of This Post

Pitfalls

Step 1 -
- During installation of Linux Ubuntu, host name should be vhcalnplci.
- Not sure if that is required, but password must be 8 chars and should contain Uppercase and number

Step 17 - Etc hosts must be maintained

Step 24 - you need to copy .lic file that is in License.rar to install.sh folder

Step 25 - uuidd must active before starting installation and you need to be root before installing with ./install.sh

Step 26- you need to copy license file to sybase license folder after failing first attempt

I need to thank Dylan Drummond, Julie Plummer and the person who pin pointed me after failure Robert Stefanov.

Steps

1- Download Ubuntu 18.10 - https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/

Why Old version of Ubuntu? -> https://blogs.sap.com/2021/06/07/adjusting-installer-script-for-sap-netweaver-dev-edition-for-distro...

Versions and Kernels -> https://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-versions-with-corresponding-linux-kernel-versi...

https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.1/iso/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSUSE#Leap_15.x_series

SUSE 15.1

set computer name : vhcalnplci

password should be 8 characters

my user name : codezen

my password : Codezen1

2- Download SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Developer Edition 7.52 SP04 -> https://developers.sap.com/trials-downloads.html

3- Download and Install Oracle VirtualBox - https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

6.1.34

4- Guest additions installation - optional

5- sudo apt-get update

The repositories are still available on http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu.

You can change them in /etc/apt/sources.list, replacing all occurences of http://archive.ubuntu.com (or it might http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com) with http://old-releases.ubuntu.com.

After that, apt-get upgrade will work again.

6- sudo apt-get upgrade

7- sudo ufw disable

8- sudo apt-get install openssh-server

after ssh;

- you can use putty to connect via ssh port 22

- you can directly connect sftp via 22, i use filezilla

9- sudo reboot now

10- vbox port fowarding and putty connection via ssh

127.0.0.1 2222 10.0.2.15 22

11- Take snapshot

12- sudo apt install gcc make perl

13- sudo apt install csh

#the C-shell, needed for the install of NetWeaver to work. You can check shells cat /etc/shells

14- sudo apt search libaio

15- sudo apt install libaio1

16- sudo apt install uuid

17- sudo nano /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	localhost

10.0.2.15	vhcalnplci vhcalnplci.dummy.nodomain



# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts

::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

fe00::0 ip6-localnet

ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix

ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

18- sudo reboot now

19- sudo systemctl start uuidd

to check status

sudo systemctl status uuidd

or sudo service uuidd status

20- create a link between windows host and ubuntu via shared folder

sudo mkdir /shared

sudo chown 777 /shared

sudo adduser codezen vboxsf

sudo reboot now

21- copy files

cd /shared

cd SAP\ Abap\ Netweaver/

ls -all

sudo mkdir /sapsetup

sudo cp -f *.rar /sapsetup/

License file!!!

or

20- connect as root with sftp client and copy files via drag and drop

sudo passwd root

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Find the line contains "PermitRootLogin no", modify it to "PermitRootLogin yes".

sudo service ssh restart

sudo mkdir /sapsetup

sudo chmod 777 /sapsetup

filezilla site to connect via sftp 127.0.0.1 2222

drag and drop rars to /sapsetup

sudo chmod -R 777 /sapsetup/

22- Take a snapshot

23- sudo cd /sapsetup

24- sudo apt-get install unrar

sudo unrar x TD752SP04part11.rar

sudo unrar x License.rar

sudo cp /sapsetup/License/SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive/SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic /sapsetup/

add license file .lic to same folder with install.sh

25- Installation time

sudo systemctl start uuidd

sudo -i

cd /sapsetup

sudo chmod 777 install.sh

./install.sh

26- Fails with Unable to generate a new password for database login 'sa' in sapinst_dev.log

https://answers.sap.com/questions/13339864/error-during-sap-nw-752-installation.html?childToView=133...

copy lic file to /sybase/NPL/SYSAM-2_0/licenses/SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic

cp SYBASE_ASE_TestDrive.lic /sybase/NPL/SYSAM-2_0/licenses/

27- ./install.sh

That is it. Let's connect 🙂

User name : DEVELOPER

Pass: Down1oad

for developer access key,

go to slicense tcode delete installed licences

go to https://go.support.sap.com/minisap/#/minisap pake and enter hardwarekey from slicense tcode(Remote Hardware Key Tab, Active Hardware Key field value) and install downloaded licence file.

And for eclipse adt development settings please read -> https://blogs.sap.com/2022/11/16/eclipse-adt-sap-netweaver-as-abap-developer-edition-connection/

To stop/start SAP
------------------
su npladm
Pass: Codezen1
stopsap ALL
startsap ALL