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This chapter begins with a description of
how to install a database and get it up and running. (If you??™ve already installed your
Oracle database software, youcan skim through this first section.) We??™ll describe
how to create an actual database and how to configure the network software needed
to run Oracle. Finally, we??™ll discuss how users access databases and begin a discussion
of how to manage databases??”a topic that will be continued in subsequent
chapters.
Installing Oracle
Prior to Oracle8i, the Oracle installer came in both character and GUI versions for
Unix. The Unix GUI ran in Motif using the X Windows system. Windows NT came
with a GUI version only. Since Oracle8i, the installer has been Java-based.
The Oracle installer is one of the first places in which youcan see the benefits of the
portability of Java; the installer looks and functions the same way across all operating
systems. For some time now, installing Oracle has been quite simple, requiring
only a few mouse clicks and answers to some questions about options and features.


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