Old version, no longer maintained: Java SE 6 Old version, no longer maintained: J2SE 5.0 Old version, no longer maintained: J2SE 1.4 Old version, no longer maintained: J2SE 1.3 Old version, no longer maintained: J2SE 1.2 Old version, no longer maintained: JDK 1.1 Old version, no longer maintained: JDK 1.0 Old version, no longer maintained: JDK Beta Java 17 General Availability began on September 14, 2021, and Java 18 is in development. For Java 11, long-term support will not be provided by Oracle for the public instead, the broader OpenJDK community, as Eclipse Adoptium or others, is expected to perform the work. Java 10 a previously supported rapid release version, had its support ended in September 2018 the same date support for Java 11 began.
Java 8 LTS last free software public update for commercial use was released by Oracle in January 2019, while Oracle continues to release no-cost public Java 8 updates for development and personal use indefinitely.
Regarding Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap, version 17, 11 and 8 are the currently supported long-term support (LTS) versions, where Oracle Customers will receive Oracle Premier Support. Some programs allow conversion of Java programs from one version of the Java platform to an older one (for example Java 5.0 backported to 1.4) (see Java backporting tools). Entire new APIs, such as Swing and Java2D, have been introduced, and many of the original JDK 1.0 classes and methods have been deprecated. In addition to the language changes, other changes have been made to the Java Class Library over the years, which has grown from a few hundred classes in JDK 1.0 to over three thousand in J2SE 5.
The language is specified by the Java Language Specification (JLS) changes to the JLS are managed under JSR 901. Since J2SE 1.4, the evolution of the Java language has been governed by the Java Community Process (JCP), which uses Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to propose and specify additions and changes to the Java platform. The Java language has undergone several changes since JDK 1.0 as well as numerous additions of classes and packages to the standard library. The new path takes effect in each new command window you open after setting the PATH variable.This article is about the Java programming language. If you are not sure where to add the JDK path, append it.
Those following the first instance are ignored. You should only have one bin directory for a JDK in the path at a time.
Microsoft Windows looks for programs in the PATH directories in order, from left to right.
The PATH environment variable is a series of directories separated by semicolons ( ) and is not case-sensitive. The following is a typical value for the PATH variable:Ĭ:\WINDOWS\system32 C:\WINDOWS C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\bin Set the PATH variable as follows on Microsoft Windows:Ĭlick Start, then Control Panel, then System.Ĭlick Advanced, then Environment Variables.Īdd the location of the bin folder of the JDK installation to the PATH variable in System Variables.
Typically, this full path looks something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\bin. To set the PATH variable permanently, add the full path of the jdk1.8.0\bin directory to the PATH variable. It is useful to set the PATH variable permanently so it will persist after rebooting. If you do not set the PATH variable, you need to specify the full path to the executable file every time you run it, such as:Ĭ:\> "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0\bin\javac" M圜lass.java
If you want to install the JavaFX SDK (version 2.0.2) with JDK 7u1 or earlier, see for more information. Installers for JDK 7u2 to 7u5 install the JDK first, then start the JavaFX SDK installer, which installs JavaFX SDK in the default directory C:\Program Files\Oracle\JavaFX 2.0 SDK or C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\JavaFX 2.0 SDK on 64-bit operating systems. Installers for JDK 7u6 and later install the JavaFX SDK and integrate it into the JDK installation directory.
When finished with the installation, you can delete the downloaded file to recover disk space. Then, follow the instructions the installer provides. If you downloaded either file instead of running it directly from the web site, double-click the installer's icon. The file jdk-8 version -windows-圆4.exe is the JDK installer for 64-bit systems. The file jdk-8 version -windows-i586-i.exe is the JDK installer for 32-bit systems. You must have administrative permissions in order to install the JDK on Microsoft Windows.