Last
updated: Friday 13th September 2008, 7:38 PT by AHD
Refresh this page to get the latest version.
Java / JCreator - Installation and
Run
Note: at the time of writing the
latest version of Java is:
Java(TM) SE Development
Kit 6 Update 7
In order to write, run and
understand Java programs,
you need a good textbook, the (free) Java
development kit (JDK)
with documentation, and a good Java
development environment
such as freeware JCreator.
Java/Documentation, JCreator
installation and usage
are explained in detail below...
Complete all 4 steps in order:
Step 2:
Install Java Documentation
Step 3: Install
JCreator LE ver 4.50 or 3.50
Step 4: Run
JCreator LE ver 4.5
(Step 4: Run JCreator LE ver 3.5)
Step 1: Install Java
Before you can type in and run a
Java program
you must first download and install
the Java Development Kit
onto your computer...
Go to:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
On the Java SE Downloads page, scroll down to see:
JDK 6 Update 7
Further down on the same page you
will see:
Java SE 6 Documentation
You need to download both of these
files
JDK 6 Update 7 Download (Click this
button)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING SCREENS SHOW JDK 6 Update 2,
- THE FILE NAMES WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR Update 7...
Scroll down ...
In the Required: section, click in the circle
to Accept License Agreement
then, if you're using a Windows
operating system,
click in the box to select the first
file in the list,
then click on the orange download
button
to download the file to your
computer.
Click on the Save File
t button to download the file...
Click to Open the file.
Click on the OK t button...
Click on the Accept > t button...
Click on the Next > t button...
wait ...
wait ...
wait ...
wait ...
Click on the Next > t button...
wait ...
wait ...
Click on the Finish t button...
IMPORTANT:
Make a note of the folder where
Java is installed.
If you didn't specify anything
different in the Java installation,
the default path is:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\
Many thanks to...
CMPT 125 D3/CMPT 126 D1 -
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming (II)
Summer 2007, SFU Burnaby
Instructor: Diana Cukierman
for the following:
"In Windows, you have to modify your command search path before you'll be able to run things properly. [One might think the installer would do this. One would be wrong.] Right-click the “My Computer” icon and select Properties → Advanced → Environment Variables. From “System variables”, edit “Path”. To the start of its value, add: (notice the semicolon between that and the next entry)
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_03\bin;
(You may have to adjust slightly for the version of the JDK that you have.)"
If you're running Windows XP and you
followed these installation instructions to the letter, then the default path
is:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\
and you should set the environment
variable search path to:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\bin;
Java
Documentation
Java comes
with extensive documentation,
which is
an essential tool for programmers.
It has to
be downloaded separately,
but once
downloaded, it will automatically
link to
your development environment
so that
you can quickly and easily get online help
on the
Java language.
And for more experienced programmers
there are also very detailed reference documents here.
Step 2: Install the Java Documentation
Go to:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
On the Java SE Downloads page, scroll down to see:
Java SE 6 Documentation Download
Click on the Download button.
In the Required: section, click in the circle
to Accept License Agreement
then, if you're using English
documentation,
click the first file in the list,
to download the file to your
computer.
Click to Open the file.
IMPORTANT:
Extract the docs folder from the zip
file,
to the Java installation folder,
which by default is:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\
It will take a few minutes to extract
the documents to the docs folder.
Contents of the Java folder:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\
Contents of the Java folder with
docs:
C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_02\
Note: there are approximately 12,000
document pages occupying approx 260 MB:
Step
3 - Installing JCreator LE version 4.50 ( or version 3.50)
Once Java and its documentation
is installed on your computer,
you then download and install the
free
Java development environment Jcreator,
so that you can type in, compile
and run your Java programs.
When JCreator first runs,
it will automatically detect your
Java JDK folder,
and you can set the documentation
path (see above).
Click the following link to
download and install Jcreator.
Click to download the freeware
version of JCreator.
Follow the friendly instructions.
For the latest Light Edition
version,
click on the second DOWNLOAD button in the screen below...
The remaining instructions are for
JCreator LE v4.50,
but can equally be used for JCreator
LE v3.50...
Click on the second DOWNLOAD button in the screen above...
Click on the OK t button...
Click on Open
Double click on Setup.exe
Click on the Next > t button...
Click in the circle to accept the
agreement.
Click on the Next > t button...
Click on the Next > t button...
Click on the Yes t button...
Click on the Next > t button...
Click on the Next > t button...
Click on the Install t button...
Click on the Finish t button...
Click on the Next > t button...
Click on the Next > t button...