SAPGUI for Java on Linux : Installation and Configuration

I have created this document for people who need to install SAPGUI into Linux.

1) Minimum system requirements.

• Linux
• Hardware: CPU: Intel PentiumIII with 800 MHz
• RAM: 256MB
• Software:
• OS: SuSE Linux 9.3 - 10.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4
• JVM: Sun Java Runtime Evironment 1.4.2 (32-bit) or 5.0 (32-bit) including Java Plugin

(please see:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-linux.html http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/...ocale.doc.htmlhttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/install-linux.html http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...ocale.doc.html for details)


2) Download SAPGUI from:

ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/sapgui/java/
(anonymous login) --> not valid anymore

https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/sapgui-java
(OSS user and pass)


3) At the /java folder in ftp select:

File: PlatinGUI-Linux-700.jar 37926 KB 11/07/06 13:58:00

(note: a more recent version may be available)

4) In the downloaded folder, execute

Code:

java -jar PlatinGUI-Linux-700.jar

5) Executing SAPGUI

a) Guilogon:

Code:

~/SAPClients/SAPGUI7.00/bin$ ./guilogon

To create servers, touch at new and go to "advanced".

-- tip “use expert configuration”

Example:

For server 10.1.1.6 with system number 01:

Code:

conn=/H/10.1.1.6/S/3201

B) Command line

For server 10.1.1.6 with system number 01:

Code:

~/SAPClients/SAPGUI7.00/bin$ ./sapgui /H/10.1.1.6/S/3201