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julieplummer20
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert

Update, Thursday, 8th October, 2020


Dear all,

As of the First of December, 2020, we will no longer be providing this version of AS ABAP, developer edition - that is, AS ABAP 7.51 SP02. Please download the latest version of AS ABAP, developer edition from here: Get all free trial versions (Search for "ABAP NetWeaver")

Currently the latest version is AS ABAP 7.52 SP04.

Best wishes, Julie.

Download information


The download provides the software required to install and run SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP 7.51 SP2. You can explore it and learn how to develop modern ABAP applications with core data services and SAPUI5 or you can get an overview on SAP’s client/server technology.
Just like the versions we offer in the Cloud, this developer edition is preconfigured to run to run the Database Feature Gallery and the Enterprise Procurement Model programming examples out of the box.
It contains:

  • SAP AS ABAP 7.51 SP02

  • SAP GUI for the Java Environment 7.40

  • SAP Sybase ASE 16.0.1


The actual download (in the form of several .rar files), along with more information is available from the SAPStore: ABAP 7.51

Prerequisites


You need to read and accept the SAP Software End User License Agreement.

Virtual machine for Linux


This ABAP developer edition must be installed on Linux, not Windows. We have successfully installed the ABAP developer edition on:

  • Oracle VirtualBox (documented)

  • VMWare


Since this is a free product, we cannot offer official primary support. However, we will attempt to answer queries pertaining to installation issues. Since we have documented Oracle VirtualBox only, we are more likely to be able to help you with this VM technology.

Operating Systems


This developer edition has been successfully tested with recent versions of the following Linux distributions:

  • openSUSE (documented)

  • SUSE SLES

  • Fedora

  • RHEL

  • Ubuntu and Debian: You need to install csh before you start the installation!

  • Other distributions may require manual setup.


NB 1: You must use a 64-Bit OS version.
NB 2: Linux newbies don't run away! We have written thorough, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a Linux VM and how to run the AS ABAP installation. They are available at the end of this blog.

Again, we cannot offer official primary support. However, we will attempt to answer queries pertaining to installation issues. Since we have documented openSUSE only, we are more likely to be able to help you with this distro.

Hardware requirements



  • x86_64 processor based hardware

  • at least 6 GB RAM and about 8 GB swap space

  • about 100 GB free disk space for the server installation

  • about 2 GB free disk space for the client installation


Installation instructions


OK, if this is your first time working with Oracle Virtual ox / Linux / ABAP AS developer download, or if you are experiencing problems, this blog will give you all the information you need:
Newbies' Guide: Installing SAP AS ABAP 751 SP02 on Linux

Linux and ABAP AS download veterans can now go ahead downloading the software, following the concise installation instructions:

SAP AS ABAP 7.51 SP2 – Developer Edition to Download: Concise Installation Guide

Note: Since we now have 6 blogs referring to 2 different versions of the download developer edition, blog comments are becoming unmanageable. In addition, searching through blog comments is very difficult for other users, resulting in many duplicate issues.

From now on, please DO NOT post a blog comment if you require troubleshooting.

Please post on the ABAP Development forum : https://www.sap.com/community/topic/abap.html , using the hashtag #ABAP_Trial. I promise to work through the backlog here, but cannot answer any further blog comments.

Thank you for your understanding.

 
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