Java 8 installation

Java 8 installation setup:

      First of all ,we need to install java 8 jdk in your  machine.so for that you can download  it from following  url.

click here

download  jdk 1.8.0_11 and install it on your machine.

Once installation has been done. Please checkout version of jdk.

C:\Users\hp>java -version

java version "1.8.0_11"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_11-b12)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

once you have installed Java on your machine, you would need to set environment variables to point to correct installation directories

                                                                                                                                     

Windows:

  1. copy the jdk path where you have installed it.

     Like “c:\Program Files\java\jdk 1.8.0_11”

  2. From the your desktop , Right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'.

  3. Click on the 'Environment variables' button under the 'Advanced' tab.

 4. click on edit the 'Path' variable and add the path to the Java executable directory at the   end of it. For example, if the path is currently set to C:\Windows\System32, then edit it the following way

C:\Windows\System32;c:\Program Files\java\jdk1.8._0_11\bin.

Ubuntu:

Set JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_11

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin

export JAVA_HOME

export PATH