Installing Oracle 12c Database on Windows 7 (64 bit)

Note: Index article on some 12c features can be seen here 


Kindly peruse through the below steps (detailed) for installing Oracle 12 c DB on Windows 7 (64 bit):

Step 1.
Download the required binaries from Oracle website

Step 2.
Once downloaded, unzip the files into one folder. I created a folder "Oracle 12c" in D: and another folder in it called "database"

So my folder structure was D:\Oracle12c\database

Step 3.
Click on setup.exe

Step 4.
You could put your email address and request for support (if needed). I have not selected this option for this install.

Step 5.
I chose to skip software updates

Step 6.
Select "create and configure a database"

Step 7.
I have chosen "server class"

Step 8.
Type of DB installation - I chose Single

Step 9.
Choose Typical install and in the Next screen create a new Windows user (you can use an existing one if you want)

Step 10.
I changed the global database name to "orcl" and created a Pluggable DB "pdborcl"

Step 11.
After verification, click on install and await for the installation to complete.

Step 12.

Open a command prompt and test your install

Note: If you try to create a schema under root container, you may encounter ORA-65096 error.
For resolution of the same, have a look at the article here.