Installation guide - Java

For any software installation, the first and foremost thing you would need to know is what type of CPU is installed/being used in your system. In general, there are two types of processors 

1. 32 bit
2. 64 bit

most of the modern systems are equipped with 64-bit processors but in order to verify, we can follow below steps

Identify 32 bit or 64 bit:

• search "this pc" ( or "my computer" if using windows 7 or older versions) from your system taskbar

• right click on "this pc" or "my computer" and select properties option.

X86 = 32 bit CPU (86 comes from the name of architecture like from 8086 processors)

X64 = 64 bit CPU

Java Installation:

Search for "Install java jdk"

you can download java latest version but if you want to download java 8 version or any other specific version, click on java archive

 scroll down and you will find each version download link on right side as shown below

Note: here on left side i have chosen Java SE (SE stands for Standard Edition). normally, SE is suffix for basic programming and web development software but incase you need any specific like Enterprise Edition you can download from Java EE or other ones as well as shown above.

Download X64 - Java SE JDK. (Java Standard Edition)

Install or run .exe file that is download. (downloaded file will be like jdk-8u341-windows-x64.exe)

After Installation, follow below steps to verify version

Press Win + R to open the RUN Prompt

type cmd and press enter key to open command prompt

in command prompt enter below command to verify the version

java -version 

Java Path Configuration: Add C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0-341\bin in environment variable's System Variables path Variable.

To set java path, search "environment variable" in your system taskbar.

click on edit environment variables

Click on Environment variables

Select path under system variables and click on edit option

Click on New and add the path till bin folder as shown below. also you can move it up till top just incase there is any conflict with other existing java paths

after successfully adding path, click on Ok for each pop up until everything is closed.

Now java path is successfully configured in your system and you are ready to install any IDE like Eclipse to start writing java programs.