Default character set

I installed the database 10.2.01 with basic installation (not advanced option).
what is the default charater set in the basic installation?
how to show character set in command line?
Can I change it to AL32UTF8?
like:
SQL>alter database character set AL32UTF8;
Thanks

thanks.
I'm using Linux
So default character is "WE8ISO8859P1".
But it seems I can not alter to AL32UTF8, which has the globalization support.
SQL> select value from nls_database_parameters where parameter='NLS_CHARACTERSET';
VALUE
WE8ISO8859P1
SQL> alter database character set AL32UTF8;
alter database character set AL32UTF8
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12712: new character set must be a superset of old character set
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