How to Install Java for Windows

1.00/1.001/1.002—Spring 2012 How to Install Java and its Documentation Windows Before you can program in Java for 1.00/1.001/1.002, you will need to install the “Java Standard Edition, Java Development Kit 7” (JDK 7) on your windows computer. You should note that Java Standard Edition has several numbering systems: for example, 1.6.0_21, 6u21, and “JDK 6 Update 21” all refer to the same version. The Course 1.00/1.001/1.002 staff will only support JDK versions 5.0 and higher. This document contains step-by-step instructions for installing JDK 7u2 and its documentation (Javadocs) on a Microsoft Windows computer. These are current as of January 29, 2012, but be aware that minor changes occur frequently. If you have a question, please contact one of the 1.00 staff. The JDK 7u2 can be downloaded from this website: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html Click the Download JDK button in the Java Platform, Standard Edition section. Make sure you download the JDK and not the JRE. © Oracle. All rights reserved. . 1/4 Select Accept License Agreement. Then, select the installation file for your platform: If your system is 32-bit, select the jdk-7u2windows-i586.exe. If your system is 64-bit, select the jdk-7u2-windows-x64.exe. You can find out what type of system you have by going to Start, Control Panel, System, and look at the information listed under "System type." © Oracle. All rights reserved. Once you have obtained the installation file, double-click it to begin the installation process. This process will lead you through the following series of windows: 1. Setup Click Next. 2. Custom Setup You do not need to make any changes to the default setting. Just verify the installation directory, which should be C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\ Click Next. 3. Progress Wait for the next window to open. 4. Destination Folder You do not need to make any changes to the default setting. Just verify the installation directory, which should be C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\. Click Next. 5. Progress Wait for process to end. 6. Complete 2/4 Click Finish to complete. A browser window may open that asks you to register the software. You may do so, or just close it without registration. You now need to download the Java documentation to your computer. Eclipse, the application you will use to write your Java programs, can use this documentation to create helpful tips. The documentation can be downloaded from the same website as the JDK: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html This time, scroll down, and click the Download button in the "Java SE 7 Documentation" section of the Additional Resources box. © Oracle. All rights reserved. 3/4 On the next page, select Accept License Agreement and download the .zip file. © Oracle. All rights reserved. Depending on your browser settings, you may be asked to confirm that you want to save the .zip folder on your computer and/or choose where to save it. If so, save the .zip folder to your JDK directory, which is typically: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02 If the .zip folder is automatically downloaded to another place, move it to your JDK directory once download is complete. If you don't know where the .zip folder has been automatically downloaded to, go to your browser's Downloads window, right click on the .zip folder, and click Open Containing Folder. There is no need to "extract" or "unzip" the files from the .zip folder. 4/4