Downloading
the SUN Java
SDK
(software
development kit)
Since web pages change over time, the layout referred to
here may be different when you search for the SDK.
However, you should be able to find the free download from SUN somewhere
on the http://java.sun.com site.
- Go
tohttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/download.html
in your browser.
If this does not work, just go to http://java.sun.com
and find the Downloads page.
- Click
on "Download J2se now" (right
side of screen).
- Select
the correct download of J2SEv1.4.1 for your machine.
For Windows, select the Windows (all language) download of SDK.
- It
is also useful to download the SDK 1.4.1 documentation, further down the page.
Then you have a local copy of the most important documentation to refer
to. This is further down on the
same download page.
- To
install, click on the j2sdk-1_4_1_01-windows-i586.exe file that you
just downloaded and follow the instructions.
Using the default directories is certainly the easiest way to install.
You can now run Java as a command line application or
install an editor or IDE that connects to the SUN standard SDK.
Chris Nevison
chris@cs.colgate.edu
June 2002