This section describes how to download and install Java SE (JDK) 1.4.1 on a Windows 2000 system. Notes were taken in 2002.
1. Go to http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
2. Click the download button in the SDK column and next to
"Windows (all languages, including English)" in the
"Download J2SE(TM) v 1.4.1" section.
3. Follow the instructions on the Web pages to download
j2sdk-1_4_1_01-windows-i586.exe to a working directory on your hard disk.
This file is about 35 MB.
4. Double click on the file name: j2sdk-1_4_1_01-windows-i586.exe in the
working directory in the File Explorer.
5. Follow the instruction on the installation window to finish the installation.
6. Open a command window to try the "java" command.
If you are getting the following output, your installation is ok:
>c:\j2sdk1.4.1_01\bin\java -version
java version "1.4.1_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-b01, mixed mode)
