How to Install Java Jdk on Windows 7 64 Bit

How to Install JDK on Windows - Java Programming Tutorial Example

Installing JDK is the first step in learning Java Programming. If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 7 Operating System, then installing JDK is quite easy as you just need to follow instructions given by the Java SE Installation wizard. The only thing which requires some attention is, choosing the correct JDK installer based upon, whether you are running with 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8 or Windows 7 OS. JDK 7 is the latest Java version but JDK 6 is still most popular in the software and programming world. You can choose to install JDK 7 or JDK 6 based on your course material.

In this Java tutorial, we will learn how to install JDK 7 in Windows 8 operating system by following step by step guide. Another thing, which is part of JDK installation is setting PATH for Java in Windows 8, will enable us to run javac and java commands from any directory in Windows 8. See that link for step by step guide on setting PATH in Windows 8.

Though I will use the Windows 8 operating system to install JDK 7, You can still install JDK 6 or 7 in Windows 7 by following those steps. In order to choose the correct JDK installer, we first need to check if Windows is running with 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 8.

For that you can go to Control Panel-->System and Security and check System Type , if it shows 32-bit operating system means you need Windows x86 Java The installer, if it shows 64-bit operating system then you need Windows x64 Java Installer. Let's see steps involved to install JDK 6 or JDK 7 in Windows 8 operating system.

Steps to install JDK 7 in Windows 8

Here is a step by step guide to install JDK 7 on Windows 8, both 32-bit and 64-bit version. You can also install JDK 6 both x86 and x64 installer on Windows 7 by following these steps. Just remember that Windows x86 is used for 32-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8 and x64 the installer is used for 64-bit Windows 7 or 8.

1. Find if Windows 8 is 32-bit or 64-bit.

As described in first paragraph, you can find if Windows 8 or Windows 7 is 32-bit or 64-bit by checking System Type in Control Panel-->System and Security-->System and then looking at System Type Properties.

2. Download correct JDK 7 installer from Java download sites

Choose Windows X86 installer (marked as green) if you are running 32-bit Windows 8 or choose Windows x64 Java installer (marked in red), if you are running with 64-bit Windows 8 Operating system.

3. Install JDK by double clicking on Windows installer

Once you download correct JDK installer, rest of installation is like installing any other Windows based application. Just follow Instruction given by Java SE Installation Wizard. Good thing is that now JavaFX is included as part of JDK 7, so you don't need to separately install JavaFX.

4. Include JDK bin directory in Windows 8 PATH environment variable.

Once JDK Installation is complete, you can see JDK directory in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_13\ . This is default JDK installation directory and Installation wizard install Java here if you haven't changed it during installation. In order to compile Java code from any directory in your Windows 8 or Windows 7 machine, you need to include C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_13\bin directory in the PATH environment variable. This is called setting PATH for Java. See this step-by-step Java programming tutorial to set PATH for JDK 7 in Windows 8.

That's all on How to install JDK 7 in Windows 8 operating system. As I said, You can follow same steps to install JDK on Windows 7 as well. In order to verify JDK installation, just type javac command in command prompt, if you don't see error 'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command, it means JDK is installed and ready to use. Now, it's time to create your first Java program, See this tutorial to write Helloworld in Java. In order to learn more about PATH and Classpath see the following tutorials :

How to Install Java Jdk on Windows 7 64 Bit

Source: https://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-install-jdk-7-on-windows-8-java-32bit-64.html

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