JDK

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Installation

Goto http://www.sun.com and download the JDK (Java Development Kit). You need to change the classpath and path statements in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file if you are running DOS/Windows. The path needs to have your source directory and also the bin directory for the JAVA program. The classpath needs to have the directory name of the .class files which are created by the following command:

javac programName.java (You can issue this in DOS)

Then programName.class is produced, you run this by typing:

java programName

To check your installation, enter just javac and you should get back a screen of options. This checks that the operating system can find the JAVA program.