Download
First have a look at the Requirements and FAQ.
Find the download link to the SAP Support Portal here. You will need a valid S-User and download permissions.
If you are not able to download the installer in the Support Portal, there is a little workaround. Both, the installer for SAP Gui for Windows and SAP Gui for Java are also delivered with the AS ABAP 752 SP04, developer edition:
“The actual download (in the form of several .rar files), along with more information is available from the SAP Community Trials and Downloads page. Search for “7.52 SP04″ for convenience.”
- All SAP Downloads, including SAP GUI for Java (also MAC version), are NOT available to SAP Certified consultants, unless they also have an SAP license. All downloads are available only for the license holding customer's designated system admin. I deem trial/free versions (temporary license key without S-User ID) do not include the sAP GUI itself.
- MORE HERE: NOTICE: If your MacOs version is Sierra, please download SAPGUI 7.5. The SAPGUI 7.30 wont work in that MacOs ver.
You will have to download all 11 .rar files (about 14,6GB). When unziping, you’ll find a folder called client (about 1,2GB) containing both installers.
Installation
Since SAP Gui 7.50 Rev 5, Oracles JDKs is not necessary to run SAP Gui for Java, instead you are able to use OpenJDK. Read more about it here. And since version 7.50 Rev 8 the installer includes SapMachine and OpenJFX. Read more about it here. In this case, you don’t even have to install OpenJKD and OpenJFX by yourself and don’t have specify the module path, because it comes containerized within the SAP Gui.
So better first check the version of your downloaded gui. I’ve got SAP Gui 750 rev 5 within the AS ABAP 752 SP04. So let’s install openJDK & openJFX.
See also SAP note 1617725 - SAP GUI for Java FAQ and problem solving. When installing with Java 11, the installer would block to continue without providing the module path, but on your Mac there might be installed both Java 8 and 11. When the installation is running on Java 8, providing the module path is not enforced, because it might be run.
Finally lets install the SAP Gui:
The important step during the installation of SAP Gui for Java Rev 5 is to define the option for the module path. The module path hast to point to the OpenJFX lib-path:
Now you should be able to run the SAP Gui on Linux Mint 20
Eclipse ADT
When using Eclipse with ADT in combination with SAP Gui for Java and receiving the following error:
You also have to add the OpenJFX path to the eclipse.ini file. Read more about it here.
