Archived: Java SE 8 Installation

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∟Archived: Java SE 8 Installation

This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install JDK 1.8.0 (Java SE 8) on a Windows 7 system.

Downloading and installing JDK 1.8.0 (Java SE 1.8) on a Windows system is easy. Here is what I did on my Windows 7 system:

Open the Java SE Download page with this URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/.
Click the download button next to "Java Platform (JDK) 8". You will see a new page with a list of different download files of JDK 8.
Locate the "Java SE Development Kit 8" section.
Click the hyper link of "jdk-8-windows-i586.exe", next to "Windows x86 - 151.68 MB".
Save jdk-8-windows-i586.exe to a temporary directory.
Double-click on jdk-8-windows-i586.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:

herong> progra~1\java\jdk1.8.0\bin\java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode, sharing)