Downloading and Installing the JDK

Downloading the JDK

The JDK can be downloaded from http://www.javasoft.com. Be sure to download the JDK 1.1 (version 1.1.8).

Setting up the JDK

Windows installation

The JDK setup should ask you which directory to install to. Make note of this directory, and finish the setup. Once complete, open C:\autoexec.bat in a text editor, such as Notepad. Be sure the following line is in the file: PATH=anything;the directory you installed the JDK to\bin

An example of this would be:
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\JDK1.1.7\BIN

If the line is missing, add it and set it to the JDK bin directory. If the line is there, but is missing your JDK bin directory, append it to the end with a semicolon in front.

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