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title: "Installing Oracle Express"
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# Installing Oracle Express

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## To Download and Install Oracle Express

1. Go to the Oracle website at [http://www.oracle.com](http://www.oracle.com).
2. Click on **Downloads**, and then under **Database**, click on **Oracle Database 11g Express Edition**.
3. Accept the license agreement and select the download version you are interested in.
For example, you can download the **Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Express Edition for Windows 64** database.
The **OracleXE112_Win64.zip** file is downloaded.
4. Unzip the **.zip** file by right-clicking on the file and selecting **Extract All...**, then click **Extract** on the next window.
You will now see a DISK1 folder, and inside it is the **setup.exe** executable file.
5. Double-click on **setup.exe** to start the Oracle database installation.
6. On the **Welcome to Install Wizard** window, click **Next**.
7. Accept the terms in the license agreement, and click **Next**.
8. Enter a password, and click **Next**.
This is the password to the SYSTEM account and you can use any password you wish just note it down.
9. Continue on the next windows, click **Install** to install the database, and click **Finish** once installation is complete.
10. If the completion of the previous step does not automatically take you to the database administrative window in your browser, you can manually open your browser and access the database administrative screen by typing the following URL into your browser: `http://localhost:8080`.