In my previous post, I demonstrated how you can install Oracle Database 18c XE on Linux. In this post, you will learn how you can install Oracle Database 18c XE on Windows. I am performing the installation on Windows 10 but it should remain the same for all Windows versions.

Preparing for the installation

Before you can start the installation, you will have to download the Oracle Database 18c XE Windows installer zip file. Head over to https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/express-edition/downloads/index.html, click on “Accept License Agreement” and download the “Oracle Database 18c Express Edition for Windows x64” zip file.

Once you have downloaded the zip file, extract it anywhere.

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Oracle Database 18c Express Edition can be enabled for automatic startup and shutdown with the Linux operating system. This will not only allow you not to worry about starting and stopping the database but it will also ensure that the database is properly shutdown before the machine is powered off. Enabling auto startup/shutdown is done via two simple commands:

1. systemctl daemon-reload
2. systemctl enable oracle-xe-18c

These commands will have to be executed either via the root user or with root privileges:

[root@localhost ~]# systemctl daemon-reload
[root@localhost ~]# systemctl enable oracle-xe-18c
oracle-xe-18c.service is not a native service, redirecting to /sbin/chkconfig.
Executing /sbin/chkconfig oracle-xe-18c on

For more information about starting and stopping Oracle Database XE, have a look at the documentation.

The new version of the free Oracle Database edition, Oracle Database 18c Express Edition, just got released for Linux 64-bit. Getting started is really simple on Oracle Linux, basically a three step process of downloading the RPM file, installing it and then configuring the database. On other Red Hat  compatible Linux distributions you will also have to download the Oracle Database Preinstall RPM alongside the XE RPM file. Here is a quick guide on how to setup Oracle Database 18c XE.

UPDATE: see here for how to install Oracle XE on Linux 8!

tl;dr

Oracle Linux

1. Download the RPM file from Oracle Technology Network
2. Run “yum -y localinstall oracle-database*18c*“
3. Run “/etc/init.d/oracle-xe-18c configure“

Other Red Hat compatible Linux distribution

1. Download the RPM file from Oracle Technology Network
2. Download the Oracle Database Preinstall RPM via “curl -O https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm“
3. Run “yum -y localinstall oracle-database*18c*“
4. Run “/etc/init.d/oracle-xe-18c configure“

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Oracle just released the new version of Oracle Database Express Edition (XE), a free edition of Oracle Database. This release means something special to me, as I have been closely involved in it and with the great team that brought us Oracle Database 18c XE.

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