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∟Archived: Installing JDK 12 on Windows

This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install JDK 12, which includes some nice Java tools, on a Windows system.

As a Java developer kit, the Oracle JDK package includes a number of nice Java tools.

Here is what I did to download and install JDK 12, also called Java SE 12, on my Windows computer.

Open the Java SE Download page with this URL: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/.
Click the download button next to "Java Platform (JDK) 12". You will see a new page with a list of different download files of JDK 12.
Accept the license agreement.
Click the hyper link of "jdk-12.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe", next to "Windows 158.49 MB".
Save jdk-12.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe to a temporary directory.
Double-click on jdk-12.0.1_windows-x64_bin.exe to start the installation wizard.
The installation wizard will guide you to finish the installation.

To test the installation, open a command window and run the "java -version" command. I got the following output:

herong> \Progra~1\Java\jdk-12.0.1\bin\java -version

java version "12.0.1" 2019-04-16
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 12.0.1+12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 12.0.1+12, mixed mode, sharing)