Oracle database 12C Installation on Linux 64bit

Despite a major architectural change in the product design the installation part of 12C database remains mostly the same. The only notable difference is when you create a database you create two different types of databases.

CDB, which is basically a container database and will not hold any user data and

PDB, which is pluggable database and can be more than one. PDBs will actually hold the user data and ideally there should be one PDB per application (adhering to multitenant architecture).

Here are the complete installation steps performed on Virtual box running Oracle Linux 6 64bit.  

12C is here...

Like the arrival of "Man of Steel" or "Dark Knight Rises" or Pakistan vs India cricket match, the anticipation for 12C was by no means lesser. 

Its finally here and you can download it using the link. 

Finally there is a chance to play around the buzzwords circulating in my head for almost seven months. Multitenancy, Pluggable databases, first database for cloud etc etc.

If you are unable to wait then here is the installation guide for Linux.