Chapter 3. Installing OpenJDK 8 for Windows with the archive

Procedure

1. Download the archive of OpenJDK 8 for Windows.

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

   Note

   Extracting the contents of the 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 8 for Windows installation path to the %PATH% environment variable:

      C:\> setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Progra~1\RedHat\java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.181-1\bin"

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

   2. Restart Command Prompt to reload the environment variables.

4. Verify the OpenJDK 8 for Windows is successfully installed, run java -version command in a command prompt and you must get the following output:

   java version "1.8.0_181"
   Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_181-b13)
   Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.181-b13, 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 8 for Windows installation path:

      C:\> setx /m JAVA_HOME "C:\Progra~1\RedHat\java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.181-1"

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

   3. Restart Command Prompt to reload the environment variables