Download and install Oracle Express Edition

Introduction To oracle Express Edition

Oracle Company created a free version of Oracle DBMS called Oracle Express Edition.

This version is not for commercial use and it is created for students and developers who are trying 

the Oracle DBMS.

The current version of Oracle express edition is: Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2

This version is released on June, 4 2014.

Oracle Company made a version of Oracle DBMS Express Edition for each platform and here we 

will give a direct link for each platform and the steps to follow in order to download the right version 

for each platform.

We cite some limitations of the Oracle 11g Express Edition:

• The maximum data storage supported is 11GB
• The maximum RAM size supported is 1GB even if the amount of available RAM is more than that
• The database will use only the equivalent of 1 CPU

How to download Oracle DBMS Express Edition

We present here two alternatives

Checking the latest version of Oracle DBMS Express Edition:

The steps to follow to download Oracle Express Edition are the following:

1. Visit this website
2. Check the Accept License Agreement radio button
3. Once the radio button is checked in step 2), you can download the right version for your platform

Direct links to Oracle DBMS Express Edition 11g Release 2 (21/06/2015)

a.       For 32 bits windows platform choose this link

b.      For 64 bits windows platform choose this link 

c.       For 64 bits Linux platform choose this link 

There is no version for the Mac platform.