Windows – Need to install Oracle Express 11g Release 2 on a Windows 7 64-bit laptop

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I need the Oracle 11g Release 2 sample schemas (HR, OE, etc.) in order to do most of the available online tutorials. I was hoping to install Oracle Express Edition on my Windows 7 laptop to get these; but I have never heard of anybody successfully installing Oracle XE on a 64-bit Windows platform.

Is there a version of Oracle XE 11g R2 available for Windows 7? And if so, could you please point me to it?

Thanks…

Best Answer

For that purpose you can download the pre-built virtual Machines (VMs) provided by Oracle. They only need Oracle Virtual Box in order to check them out (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads).

You can download them here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/developer-vm/index.html

This is the best solution for learning Oracle DB, without actually messing up your system.

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