3 Installing Oracle Database on Windows

This chapter describes how to set up a new Oracle Database Server on a Windows computer.

• Section 3.1, "Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 Enterprise Edition"

• Section 3.2, "Install Oracle Database Examples"

If you are upgrading to Release 5.0.1, see Chapter 7. For database tier system requirements, see the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) Installation Guide for your operating system.

Critical Patch Updates See Section 1.8, "Applying Oracle Critical Patch Updates."

3.1 Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 Enterprise Edition

To install Oracle Database 11.2.0.4:

1. Locate the Oracle Database software in the staging area on the database server where you downloaded it; see Section 1.4, "Downloading and Extracting the Software."

   It is shipped as patch 13390677. This patch contains the entire Oracle Database product.

2. Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.4. For instructions see the patch readme file and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) Installation Guide for your operating system at http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/portal.portal_db?selected=11&frame=

3. Choose to install the Enterprise Edition.

3.2 Install Oracle Database Examples

Oracle Database Examples includes the following items:

• Oracle JDBC Development Drivers (required)

• Oracle Database Examples (required)

• Oracle Product Demonstrations (optional)

Note:

You do not need to install any of the sample schemas. They are not required for either Oracle Clinical or Oracle Thesaurus Management System. You can add them later if you change your mind.

To install Oracle Database Examples:

1. Extract p13390677_112040_platform_6of7.zip in the examples directory.

2. Start Oracle Universal Installer from the examples directory and install Oracle Database Examples.

3. Accept all the default values during the installation.

For more information about installing software and various Oracle product demonstrations from the Oracle Database Examples media, see the Oracle Database Examples Installation Guide at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e24501.pdf.