Installing the P6 Professional Application for Typical Use

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Note: If you have a standalone database installed the installer will prompt you for your database credentials when installing P6 Professional. See the P6 Professional Standalone Installation and Configuration guide for details on completing a standalone installation or upgrade.

To install the application,

  1. Download and extract the media zip file locally to the client.
  2. Double-click setup.exe in the Client_Applications folder of the P6 EPPM physical media or download.

    Note: Click Next or Install on each wizard dialog box to advance to the next step. Click Cancel at any time to exit the wizard.

  3. Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Installer, and Java Runtime Environment are required to run P6 Professional. If they are not installed,or if they have to be updated, follow the prompts to install them and then restart your computer when prompted. Allow setup.exe to run when your computer restarts and follow the prompts to complete installation of the required components.
  4. On the Welcome dialog box, click Next.
  5. On the Choose Setup Type dialog box, choose Typical to install P6 Professional.

    Note: By default, the installation location is: local drive\Program Files\Oracle\Primavera P6\P6 Professional, or on 64 bit operating system installations local drive\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\Primavera P6\P6 Professional. Choose Advanced then Browse to set a new destination folder or to check disk usage.

  6. Click Install to begin the installation.

    Note: During installation the Database Configuration wizard will prompt you for your database credentials. If you prefer to supply database credentials later, click Cancel. You can run the database configuration tool from the Start menu at any time.

    If the database is an Oracle SSL database installed on the client machine by a different user than the current system user, click Cancel and run the database configuration tool from the start menu after the installation is complete.

  7. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Related Topics

P6 Professional Installation

Configuring the Database Connection for P6 Professional

Set the Industry Type (P6 EPPM Only)

Installing Local Copies of P6 Professional Help

Database Client Software

About the P6 Professional Setup Wizard

Previous Versions of P6 Professional

About the Database Configuration Wizard for P6 Professional

Configuring Client Machines to Transfer Data Between P3 and P6 Professional

Configuring Client Machines for a Non-Default Microsoft SQL Server Port

Database Administrator Settings for a Non-Default Microsoft SQL Server Port

Connect P6 Professional to a Contract Management HTTPS URL

Configuring P6 Professional to Connect to a Contract Management HTTPS URL

Configuring P6 Professional Internal Plug-ins for Authentication



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