JDK (Java SE) Installation

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∟JDK (Java SE) Installation

This chapter provides tutorial notes on installing Java SE (JDK) on your own Windows system to allow to run sample JDBC Java programs. Topics include downloading and installing JDK on Windows, Linux and macOS system; compiling and executing Java programs; installing Java documentation.

Downloading and Installing JDK

Adding JDK "bin" Directory to Path Setting

Downloading and Installing JDK on Mac

Downloading and Installing JDK on Linux

Compile and Run Java Programs

-cp or -classpath Syntax on Different Systems

JDK Documentation Installation

Takeaways:

Downloading and installing JDK is on macOS systems is easy.
Downloading and installing JDK is on Windows systems is easy too.
Downloading and installing JDK is on Linux systems is not so easy.
If you have previous versions of JDK running, you may want to uninstall them before installing newer versions to avoid confusion.