Installing Java – J2SE 5.0 (AKA: JDK 1.5)

Note: The SIT team recommends that java be placed in /java/jdks/jdk1.5.0_06

Note: The SIT team supports Windows XP.

Step 1: Download the JDK from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp. The current version of java at the time of this writing is 1.5.0_06. If there is a new minor update release, it is probably best to download it rather than trying to find the exact version in this document. Click the Download JDK 5.0 Update 6 hyperlink.

Step 2: Accept the license and download jdk-1_5_0_06-windows-i586-p.exe

Step 3: Run jdk-1_5_0_06-windows-i586-p.exe. During the installation, be sure to change the installation directory to /java/jdks/jdk1.5.0_06 in order to easily follow the SIT documentation. You may be prompted to install the JRE and additional documentation. Be sure to change the directory for this as well (you can use the same as above).

Step 4: Update your environment variables. In Advanced Tab of System Properties, click the Environment Variables button.

Next click the new button (system variable) and fill in as shown below to add a JAVA_HOME variable.

Next scroll down to Path, click the edit button (system variable), and add the highlighted text shown below.

Finally be sure to click Ok a few times until the System Properties dialog box disappears and is accepted.

Step 5: That’s it. Java should now be ready to use on your system.