Install and setup java jdk in windows

Hey fellows in this post I will cover how to install and setup the java jdk in windows. In this post we will cover the following points

1. Downloading the java jdk form the website

2. Install the java jdk

3. Set path for java jdk

4. Check the setup of the java jdk

Let's get started

Step 1: Go to the Java JDK site or search for Java JDK 8 free download on google.

Step 2: Go to the Java SE subscribers have more choices section

Step 3: Click on the java 8 tab to download the java 8 jdk

Step 4: Select the windows operating system to download the java 8 jdk for windows.

Step 5: Select java 8 jdk version according to your system architecture i.e. for 32 bits select x86 Installer or for 64 bits select x64 Installer.How to check for system architecture read this post.(Pending)

Step 6: In my case I will download 64 bits version. Click on jdk-8u311-windows-x64.exe

Step 7: Accept the license and click Download jdk-8u311-windows-x64.exe button.

Step 8: Enter your credentials for login to download or create account button to create account on java website.

Step 9: After successfully login downloading will be started.

Step 10: Click the java jdk installer to install initalize the installation.

Step 11: Click the next next button to complete the installation.

Step 14: To Setup the path go to the environment variable from the pc properties.

Step 15: Create new variable JAVA_HOME in the environment variable and link to the java jdk folder not jre folder in which we have required packages.

Step 17: Close all the property windows by clicking OK button and open command prompt to check if everything is install correctly and type java -version it should return the results as shown below