Install of apps 11.5.8 on Windows - Problems with PreReqs

Question

Hello all,
I've worked with Oracle database server for years,
and installed it many times. I want to learn Oracle apps,
and I'm attempting the install of 11.5.8 on Windows
from the CDs. But I'm having some problems with the
pre requisites.
Unlike LInux, if the install doesn't work, you can't
clean out all traces of the install. I've completely
reinstalled Windows to start fresh this last time.
Although, with the pre req warnings, I didn't attempt
the install.
Here is what I did.
Copy the CDs.
Rapidwiz
install Oracle apps
Single Node
TEST. Fresh database.
Component apps licensing
Choose all of:
Marketing
Sales
Order Management
Financials
no particular country
WE8ISO8859P1 - Western European
- for database, and appl_top character set.
The computer name is called Green.
C:\OAppsInstall\redCD\Disk1\rapidwiz>ping green
Pinging green [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Set
appl_top
c:\oapps11\testappl
common_top
c:\oapps11\testcomm
etc.
NTUSER:               oracleapps
pw:               ???
DNS Domain Name:     green
These next directories are default, but do not exist:
MKS Directory          C:\mksnt     
MSDEV Directory          C:\VC98
External JDK          C:\java\jdk1.3.1
OUI Inventory Path     c:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
It does a port availability check.
- the ports are all fine.
And checks the pre-requisites.
These three have problems:
Host/Domain Check
running command : ping -n 1 localhost
Pinging green [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
host ping has suceeded
running command : ping -n 1 localhost.green
Ping request could not find host localhost.green. Please check the name and try again.
Error - host.domain ping has returned an error: 1
System variable PATH set to:
.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
System Utilities Check
running command : cmd.exe /c C:\OAppsInstall\redCD\Disk1\rapidwiz\bin\checkutil.cmd C:\mksnt C:\VC98
C:\OAppsInstall\redCD\Disk1\rapidwiz>echo off
'which' command is not available. Check MKS installation.
ERRORCODE = 1 ERRORCODE_END
Error - System Utilities Availability test has returned an error: 1
JDK Availability Check
running command : CheckerClass.JDKCheck()
JDK Directory Does not exist, Input was - C:\java\jdk1.3.1
Error - JDK Availability Test has returned an error: 1
I check the PDF install doc:
Step 2: Install Latest Java Development Kit (JDK)This release of Oracle Applications requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.3 or
higher. Before you begin your installation, download and install the latest version of
JDK on your concurrent server, administration server, forms server, and web server.
Download JDK 1.3 from the download site for the operating system where you will
deploy the Oracle HTTP server. See OracleMetaLink document 130091.1 (Upgrading
to JDK 1.3 with Oracle Applications 11i) for a list of the sites.
1. Follow the installation instructions provided with the download.
2. Make a note of the location where you install JDK. The Rapid Install wizard
asks for this location on the Derived Settings screen. (See Step 8 on page 2-14 or
Step 9 on page 3-16.)
MSDEV Directory (Windows)
Location of the Visual C/C++ executables and .DLL files. Used for linking application executables or .DLLs.
MKS Directory (Windows) MKS tools must be added in the PATH so that executables can be used to
relink application executables and .DLLs.Finally the Questions:
I've been looking at other threads.
Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Installation Steps on Windows XP
1)
For this older 11.5.8 version, do I need to install the JDK, or will
this be done for me? If I do need to install the JDK, can I use the
latest version??
2)
Do I really need to install MS Visual C++ ?????
If so, could I use the latest .NET express instead??
3)
What is the MKS? The one thing the docs say is:
MKS Directory (Windows) MKS tools must be added in the PATH so that executables can be used to
relink application executables and .DLLs.Do I just need to create an "MKS" directory, and add it to the path?
Or, do I need to install some other software??
I've tried installing this a few times over the past few years, and
while I've had different levels of success, I've always had some kind
of issue after the install was done.
I really want to learn form and reports, so I hope that you guys
can help me out on this so I finally get a clean install.
Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Thanks.
Ok, I bought VC++ and installed it.
And, installed: j2sdk1.4.2_10
I could:
C:\> copy gawk.exe awk.exe (answer yes to copy over existing file)
C:\> copy grep.exe egrep.exe
However, I couldn't:
C:\> copy make.exe gnumake.exe
C:\> copy gcc.exe cc.exe
- because there are no such files in cygwin.
$ pwd
/usr
$ find . -type f 2>/dev/null | grep -i gcc
- nothing
$ apropos make
indxbib (1) - make inverted index for bibliographic databases
ln (1) - make links between files
makeinfo (1) - translate Texinfo documents
makewhatis (8) - Create the whatis database
mkdir (1) - make directories
mkfifo (1) - make FIFOs (named pipes)
mknod (1) - make block or character special files
mktemp (1) - make temporary filename (unique)
OracleApps@green /usr
$ find . -type f 2>/dev/null | grep -i make
./bin/makeinfo.exe
./sbin/makewhatis
./share/groff/1.18.1/font/devdvi/generate/Makefile
./share/groff/1.18.1/font/devlj4/generate/Makefile
./share/groff/1.18.1/font/devps/generate/Makefile
./share/man/el/man8/makewhatis.8
./share/man/it/man8/makewhatis.8
./share/man/man1/makeinfo.1
./share/man/man8/makewhatis.8
./share/man/ro/man8/makewhatis.8
System Utilities Check
running command : cmd.exe /c C:\OAppsInstall\redCD\Disk1\rapidwiz\bin\checkutil.cmd C:\cygwin\bin "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin"
C:\OAppsInstall\redCD\Disk1\rapidwiz>echo off
'which' command is available.
'gnumake' is not available.
ERRORCODE = 1 ERRORCODE_END
Error - System Utilities Availability test has returned an error: 1
Where do I get gcc and make from??
Thanks a lot!