Here are some simple instructions for installing Open JRE/JDK built by Eclipse Temurin, which is free and popular.
You can also install JRE/JDK built by another organization (refer to the organization’s documentation).
Download
Open Eclipse Temurin web site in your browser.
Parameters:
- Operating System: choose your own.
- Architecture: the CPU architecture. Choose your own.
- Package Type: choose JRE.
- Version: latest LTS version is recommended. Refer to the Release Table for available versions.
Download your desired JRE/JDK after choosing the parameter values. For easy installation, .msi file is recommended for Windows user, and .pkg file is recommended for MacOS user.
Install
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Double click the downloaded .msi file to install Java. Keeping all default settings during the wizard run is the simplest way.
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Click the downloaded .pkg file to install Java.
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Extract the downloaded package to a folder. Here we refer to the folder as
<Java_Home>
. Add<Java_Home>/bin
to yourPath
environment variable.
Verify
To verify Java is on your machine, just open a command line window/terminal and run
java -version
You should see something like
openjdk version "17.0.4" 2022-07-19
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.4+8 (build 17.0.4+8)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.4+8 (build 17.0.4+8, mixed mode, sharing)