Download and install Java: JDK, JRE, and Eclipse
In this tutorial, we'll look at how to get started with Java. This course is dedicated only to learning how to download and install Eclipse Java. The steps are explained in the video at the end of the tutorial.
The steps to follow:
Before going directly to Eclipse, you need to make sure that JRE and JDK are installed on your computer because it's with JRE that we run programs outside of Eclipse and with JDK that we compile our codes. For developers, the JDK integrates the JRE so it is not necessary to download the JRE.
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Download JDK 32-bit for 32-bit machines and 64-bit for 64-bit machines.
You can see in the image that there are several download links. You choose the one that suits you according to two criteria: the operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris) and the second is the architecture of the operating system or the machine (32-bit or 64-bit).
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Download Java Runtime Enviroment JRE 32-bit for 32-bit machines and 64-bit for 64-bit machines.
Same as JDK, you just have to download the right one according to the two criteria we have already mentioned.
Eclipse is not installable because it is portable, just extract the compressed folder and click on the executable. In the first boot a window will appear to set your workspace otherwise it will be created by default with the name
Workspace.