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Java - Environment Setup

This document discusses setting up the Java environment. It describes downloading the Java SE from the official website. It then explains setting the PATH environment variable to include the Java bin directory for both Windows and Linux/UNIX. Finally, it mentions some popular text editors and IDEs that can be used for Java programming, such as Notepad, NetBeans, and Eclipse.

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Java - Environment Setup

This document discusses setting up the Java environment. It describes downloading the Java SE from the official website. It then explains setting the PATH environment variable to include the Java bin directory for both Windows and Linux/UNIX. Finally, it mentions some popular text editors and IDEs that can be used for Java programming, such as Notepad, NetBeans, and Eclipse.

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4/8/23, 8:41 AM Java - Environment Setup

Java - Environment Setup

In this chapter, we will discuss on the different aspects of setting up a congenial environment for
Java.

Local Environment Setup


If you are still willing to set up your environment for Java programming language, then this
section guides you on how to download and set up Java on your machine. Following are the
steps to set up the environment.

Java SE is freely available from the link Download Java . You can download a version based
on your operating system.

Follow the instructions to download Java and run the .exe to install Java on your machine. Once
you installed Java on your machine, you will need to set environment variables to point to correct
installation directories −

Setting Up the Path for Windows


Assuming you have installed Java in c:\Program Files\java\jdk directory −

Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.

Click the 'Environment variables' button under the 'Advanced' tab.


Now, alter the 'Path' variable so that it also contains the path to the Java executable.
Example, if the path is currently set to 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32', then change your path to
read 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32;c:\Program Files\java\jdk\bin'.

Setting Up the Path for Linux, UNIX, Solaris, FreeBSD


Environment variable PATH should be set to point to where the Java binaries have been
installed. Refer to your shell documentation, if you have trouble doing this.

Example, if you use bash as your shell, then you would add the following line to the end of your
'.bashrc: export PATH = /path/to/java:$PATH'

Popular Java Editors


To write your Java programs, you will need a text editor. There are even more sophisticated IDEs
available in the market. But for now, you can consider one of the following −

Notepad − On Windows machine, you can use any simple text editor like Notepad
(Recommended for this tutorial), TextPad.

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Netbeans − A Java IDE that is open-source and free which can be downloaded from
https://www.netbeans.org/index.html .
Eclipse − A Java IDE developed by the eclipse open-source community and can be
downloaded from https://www.eclipse.org/ .

What is Next?
Next chapter will teach you how to write and run your first Java program and some of the
important basic syntaxes in Java needed for developing applications.

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