This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install JDK 1.6.2 (Java SE 1.6 Update 2) on a Windows XP system. A simple Java program was entered, compiled, and executed with the new JDK installation.
Downloading and installing JDK 1.6.2 (Java SE 1.6 Update 2) on a Windows system is easy. Here is what I did
on my Windows XP system in year 2008:
Open the Java SE Download page with this URL: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/.
Click the download button next to "JDK 6u2".
You will see a new page with a list of different download files of JDK 6u2.
Locate the "Windows Platform - Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 2" section.
Click the hyper link of "Windows Offline Installation (build 06), Multi-language",
which links to jdk-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe with size of 65.57 MB.
Save jdk-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe to a temporary directory.
Double-click on jdk-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe to start the installation wizard.
The installation wizard will guide you to finish the installation.
To test the installation, open a command window to try the java command.
If you are getting the following output, your installation was ok:
C:\>\progra~1\java\jdk1.6.0_02\bin\java -version
java version "1.6.0_02"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b06, mixed mode,
sharing)
Once JDK is installed, you can try to use it to compile and execute a simple Java program:
1. Use Notepad to enter the following Java program into a file called Hello.java:
class Hello {
public static void main(String[] a) {
System.out.println("Hello world!");
}
}
2. Then compile this program in a command window with the javac command:
