JDK Installation

To run Eclipse, you need JRE (Java Runtime Environment) or JDK (Java Development Kit). However you will need JDK to run Tomcat or Java development without Eclipse.

JDK Installation

  1. Download Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition from http://java.sun.com/j2se/. Follow links as J2SE 1.4.2 -> Downloads -> Download J2SE SDK
  2. Accept the license agreement, and download "Windows Platform, Offline Installation, Multi-language"(i.e. j2sdk-1_4_2_08-windows-i586-p.exe, 52.23 MB)

  3. Configure Environment Variables. Open Properties of My Computer, Select [Advanced] tab, and click [Environment Variables] button. Add JAVA_HOME variable by the installed directory. (i.e. C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05). JAVA_HOME variable is necessary for Tomcat and other tools.

  4. Edit Path enfironment and add [%JAVA_HOME%\bin;] in the existing value.

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