Chapter 2. Installing OpenJDK 11 for Windows with the archive

Procedure

1. Download the archive of OpenJDK 11 for Windows.

2. Extract the contents of an archive to a directory of your choice.

   Note

   Extracting the contents of an archive to a directory path that does not contain spaces is recommended.

3. Update the PATH as below:

   1. Add the bin directory contained in your OpenJDK 11 for Windows installation path to the %PATH% environment variable:

      C:\> setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Progra~1\RedHat\java-11-openjdk-11.0.1.13-1\bin"

      If the path contains spaces, use the shortened path name.

   2. Restart Command Prompt to reload the environment variables.

4. Verify the OpenJDK 11 for Windows is successfully installed, run java -version command in a command prompt and you must get the following output:

   openjdk version "11.0.3-redhat" 2019-04-16 LTS
   OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.3-redhat+7-LTS)
   OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.3-redhat+7-LTS, mixed mode)

5. The %JAVA_HOME% environment variable must also be set to use some developer tools. Set the %JAVA_HOME% environment variable as follows:

   1. Open Command Prompt as an administrator.

   2. Set the value of the environment variable to your OpenJDK 11 for Windows installation path:

      C:\> setx /m JAVA_HOME "C:\Progra~1\RedHat\java-11-openjdk-11.0.1.13-1"

      If the path contains spaces, use the shortened path name.

   3. Restart Command Prompt to reload the environment variables.