Setting up the Java Development Kit
and Eclipse on a Windows Computer:
Installing the Java JDK
You will now
see a license agreement. Click
Click the
link for your particular computer setup. If you are running
Windows XP or Windows 7, select jdk-6u26-windows-i586.exe.
Run the .exe file you just downloaded and
install the default options (no need to change anything). When asked where to
install, accept the installer�s suggestion and click Next. It will do mysterious
things for a while.
Click Finish.
If asked,
you don�t have to register anything�you�re done with the JDK install.
Installing Eclipse
Click
this link: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/helios/R/eclipse-java-helios-win32.zip
and then click
Open
the Zip file when the download finishes. Depending on your operating system,
you can either double-click it or right click and select Open.
Extract
all of the files in the zip file to a convenient folder. You can install to
anywhere you like. I put mine in a folder called C:\Program Files\Eclipse (I
made an Eclipse folder in Program Files).
You
will probably want to make a shortcut for Eclipse. One way to do that is to
navigate into the Eclipse folder, right-click the Eclipse.exe icon, click Create Shortcut, and then drag the
shortcut out to your desktop or wherever else you want to put it. You can now
start Eclipse by double-clicking on the shortcut.
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