Hello guys
I am kind of disappointed, to be frank. After long planning, I decided to post about installing Oracle 18c on Windows 10 & started hearing about 19c. Well, shit happens and we will continue with what we were planning to do.
Before getting in to the real business, let me remind you. Oracle stack depends upon hell loads of VC++ components, and missing those packages could make things pretty difficult on Windows. So, as a thumb rule, please make sure that you have all available VC++ packages installed with your Windows box. Never forget that .Net 3.5 is also required by multiple Oracle software on Windows. Finally, do update your Windows.
You may refer this image for the VC++ & .Net components those are installed in my Windows 10 computer.
You can download Oracle 18c installation media for Windows 64Bit from the following link
Please spend a moment to read what Oracle says just below the media link, “Do not install Oracle Database from a directory that contains a space character in it”
That means, while extracting the downloaded ZIP file, make sure you are extracting the archive to a folder like “D:\Oracle18c” NOT “D:\Oracle 18c” or “D:\Oracle Database 18c”
Oracle never liked “space” character in the directory name & if you are going to ignore this, you are going to have true troubles waiting for you mate.
What I have came to conclusion about Oracle 18c installation is:
Oracle is NOT anymore copying all the source files to a new destination. For example, usually when you install a software on Windows, there is installation source, from which necessary files are copied to a new destination (installed folder). This time Oracle is approaching the installation in a different fashion.
It ONLY configures the database.
That means, Once you extract the media, say to a folder called “D:\Oracle18c”, this is the same folder where the database will be installed! You will only be asked for Oracle base location, where the diagnostics and others will be configured.
The above is MY PERSONAL observation & I am yet to refer the installation documents from Oracle for clarify against what I found. Feel free to prove me wrong.
With the below installation example, I have extracted the 18c source media to a folder called “D:\Oracle_Installers\18c”, which will be the installation folder also
Run “setup.exe” as “Administrator”, that brings up a console sort of Windows that lists the installation progress (minimalistic)
We’ll create a database along with the installation, which is quick and effective (for this TEST)
Although we are installing the software on Windows 10, We will select “Server class” for System Class to “experience” the load stress.
Usually I choose “Advanced Install”, so that I can minutely access the different options available for the database like character set, memory etc
Database Edition should be “Enterprise” to experience the same “Cloud” version capabilities.
I’ve one Windows user account “Oracle” that I use for Oracle installations and setup. I suggest you also to create a non-administrator windows user “oracle” or something equivalent specifically for Oracle software.
As I have mentioned in the beginning, “The Software directory is the Oracle Database home directory”, ie, the folder from which you start the setup.exe will be the Database home directory. The path that specified by you will be the Oracle base & usually the diagnostics elements will be placed within.
As a rule, I always select the same password for all vital accounts & the pattern is something like ‘Abcxyz123’. For a TEST lab, this saves me unwanted complexities & less documentation. For a production instance, please follow Oracle’s recommendations.
My laptop boasts one i7 8th generation processor, 16GB DDR-4 memory and 512GB Samsung 860PRO SSD. Yet, the installation takes it’s own time. So if you have less hardware configurations please wait patiently.
You know what to do with JAVA security prompts!
Once the installation over, you will be provided the link to Oracle Enteprise Manager Database Express, which is a minimalistic EM for the database. You can log in and view the database details and interact the database parameters through this interface.
I know you are smart enough to find out that I altered the below image a little bit…Well it looks something like this…
My laptop doesn’t have FLASH installed, hence I am using Internet Explorer for accessing the EM. I have to check whether I can access the EM using Firefox after installing Flash.
That’s all folks. The installation is pretty straight forward other than for the installation folder/directory design part. For a production environment, you may need to truly plan how the folder/directory name is going to be.
Ah, finally! My laptop is lagging beyond expected levels with the database services running.
Have comments & suggestions, please let them come in.
regards,
rajesh
I am having Winodws10 Home edition – I am unable to install 12c in any case as Oracle says, it does not support Windows 10 at all. I was unable to install Oracle 18 Express Edition too for some vague reason saying that it is not supported. So, what version of Oracle can be installed on my system to just play with the product? Where do we get the same?
Hello, You cannot install much of the latest Oracle software on HOME OS. If you are really planning to try out Oracle stuffs, upgrade your box to Windows Professional 64Bit edition. I suggest, if you can afford, to upgrade the memory to minimum 8GB and if supported by the hardware, to 16GB as the Oracle stacks are real resource hungry. All the best