{"id":2234,"date":"2018-09-11T18:58:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:36:06","slug":"oracle18c-database-on-your-windows-laptop-in-6-clicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/2018\/2234\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle18c Database on your Windows laptop in 6 clicks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oracle Database 18c (18.3) is available for download<\/a> for windows platform since August 22, 2018. If you are new to Oracle or if you are a developer and need a database to play with, you can install an Oracle database quickly on your laptop with a few clicks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the software from Oracle Technology Network<\/a>. Unzip the downloaded file. Remember, the directory where you unzip the software is the ORACLE_HOME. From 18c onwards, there are no copying files from staging\u00a0location during the install, you unzip the files to the designated Oracle Home directory.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click 1: Initiate the installer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Run setup.exe\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click 2 : Configuration option<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Choose option to install the software and create database.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click 3: System class<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Choose Desktop class for quick and easy install.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click 4: Oracle home user<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Choose virtual account for easy install.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click 5: Install configuration<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Specify location of oracle software install directory (the ORACLE_HOME), where the database files go and the database name. Provide an administrator password. This is your SYS and SYSTEM user password.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click 6: Summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Review the summary, and click Install.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oracle Database 18c (18.3) is available for download for windows platform since August 22, 2018. If you are new to Oracle or if you are a developer and need a database to play with, you can install an Oracle database quickly on your laptop with a few clicks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-2234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oracledb","tag-installation"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Oracle18cdb.jpg?fit=280%2C280&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2256,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/2256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bijoos.com\/oraclenotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}