Java has low requirements for computers. The following are the minimum requirements for computers based on the Windows platform.Hardware requirements: CPU P II or above, 64MB of memory, 100MB of hard disk space.
Software requirements: Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Internet Explorer 5.0.
2. Download JDK
(1) Open the browser and enter the web address in the "Address" column//java. sun. com/javase/downloads/index. Jsp. Press Enter to open the JDK download main page of the official Java website, as shown in Figure 1-1.
(2) Click the Download button on the right side of "JDK 6 Update 14", and the page shown in Figure 1-2 will appear. Select Windows from the Platform drop-down list, Multi language from the Language drop-down list, and select Click the Continue button in the check box of the same protocol.
(3) Select "Java SE Development Kit 6u14 jdk-6ul4-windows-1586Exe "to download. The size is 7348MB.
3. Install JDK
Run jdk-6u14-windows-i586Exe to install JDK. During installation, you can set the installation path and select components. The default installation path of the system is C: Program FilesJavajdkl6.0_14, the default "Component Selection" is to install all.
After successful installationThe directory structure of JDK is shown in Figure 1-3
Configure environment variables
Since Java is platform independent, Java will not set the path or modify the registry when installing the JDK. Users need to set the environment variables themselves, but do not need to modify the registry. The environment variables set include path and java_home And classpath.
Right click My Computer on the desktop.Select the [Properties] command in the pop-up shortcut menu. Select the [Advanced] tab in the pop-up [System Properties] dialog box, as shown in Figure 1-4.
Click Environment Variable.Open the Environment Variable dialog box, as shown in Figure 1-5.
1. Edit the user variable Path
Path is a variable that Windows has defined.Find the "Path" in the [Variable] column of the [User Variable] list box, click the [Edit] button, and add "; C: Program FilesJavajdkl. 6.0_14bin" to the [Variable Value] text box in the [Edit User Variable] dialog box, as shown in Figure 1-6.
Add the path of the JDK compiler Javac.exe and interpreter Java.exe to Path.
2. Create a new environment variable java_home
Click the [New] button in the [User Variable] option area to create a java_home environment variable, and set the [Variable Value] to "C: Program FilesJavajdkl. 6.0_14bin", as shown in Figure 1-7.
Click OK and the configuration is successful.
3. Create a classpath
Classpath is the path of the JDK package (class library). Click New in the User Variable option area to create an environment address classpath, as shown in Figure 1-8.
The "." in the classpath variable value indicates that JDK can be executed in any current directory. It is usually written at the front as the first path for the system to find classes.
After setting the environment variables, click the [Start] button on the Windows taskbar and select the [Run] command. In the pop-up running dialog box, enter the command "cmd" into the DOS window. Enter the command "Java" or "Javac" in the DOS window.Press Enter. If the usage parameter prompt message appears, it indicates that the Java JDK is installed correctly. If there is a problem, check whether the path setting is correct.