Does an evaluation-only install of OBIEE 11g require a database?

I wanted to set up OBIEE 11g on my laptop so that I could start to evaluate it. From numerous blogs, I was led to believe that I first needed to install a database (I installed Oracle 11g), run the RCU utility, and then install OBIEE 11g. I successfully performed these steps, installing everything in one VirtualBox VM. Performance is acceptable but the VM's VDI is 18 GB in size!
After the OBIEE installation, the OBIEE home page automatically launched in a browser. In the Dashboard dropdown there's a Sample Lite QuickStart dashboard. Clicking on that link displays a series of tabs, including a ReadMe tab that states: "You are looking at a OBIEE SampleApp Lite, a simplified version of the OBIEE 11g SampleApp. SampleApp Lite only includes very limited set of basic features examples and sources only from XML static datafiles. SampleApp Lite does not show most of the OBIEE 11g powerful features and capabilities."
IMO, this indicates I didn't necessarily need to install Oracle 11g as a requirement to install OBIEE 11g. Is that the case? If so, what are the steps to install OBIEE 11g without a database? Why do I ask? I need to create another OBIEE 11g VM for a co-worker to evaluate. I'm wondering if I can somehow skip installing the database this time and simply let them evaluate OBIEE 11g by just using the SampleApp Lite dashboard.

Hi,
Installation of OBIEE 11g needs an RCU (and therefor a DB), even, as in your case, you're not using the DB for the SampleApp. Although installation needs an RCU, the RCU doesnt have to be on the same machine, so, while installing your 2nd machine, you can point to the RCU on the first machine. Doing this you don't have to install a seperate DB on the second machine.
Good luck!
PS. I think you can even remove the DB from your first machine afterwards, since I don't think it's being used in your case. But not sure about this, and never done it myself this way..

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