Downloading and Installing J2SE 1.5.0 on Windows

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This section provides tutorial example on how to download and install J2SE (JDK - Java Development Kit) 1.5.0.

Here is what I did to download and install JDK 1.5.0 on my Windows system:

1. Go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp.

2. Click the "Download JDK" hyper link.

3. Follow the instructions on the Web pages to download jdk-1_5_0-windows-i586.exe to a working directory on your hard disk. This file is about 45 MB.

4. Double click on the file name: jdk-1_5_0-windows-i586.exe in the working directory in the File Explorer.

5. Follow the instruction on the installation window to finish the installation. Remember to specify the target directory as: \j2sdk1.5.0.

6. Open a command window to try the java command. If you are getting the following output, you know your installation is done correctly:

C:\>\j2sdk1.5.0\bin\java -version

java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-b64, mixed mode)

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Testing J2SE 1.5.0 Installation