{"id":24393,"date":"2024-02-15T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.extraview.com\/v25\/book\/install-java-windows-1\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T01:26:47","slug":"install-java-windows-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.extraview.com\/v25\/extraview-25\/installation-upgrade-guide-1\/software-installation-upgrades-1\/windows-environment-1\/install-java-windows-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Java for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"textGreyBg\">Make sure you have the correct version of Java installed, as specified in the <a href=\"v25\/server-requirements\/\">system requirements<\/a> for your version of ExtraView. If you are upgrading from a previous version of ExtraView, please do not assume you have the correct version installed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textGreyBg\">For Apache Tomcat, you can use either the JDK or the (smaller) JRE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textGreyBg\">Note that for ExtraView 11.0 and newer, Java 8 is required.<\/p>\n<p>Double-click on the Java installation file that you downloaded. In our example, it is named jdk-8u144-windows-x64.exe.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to select an install folder, enter <span class=\"fixedWidthFont\">C:\\ExtraView\\jdk-8u144<\/span>, or the corresponding value for your system. You may be prompted with a Windows Security Warning &#8211; click &#8220;Run&#8221; to proceed.\u00a0 We strongly recommend selecting a folder path that does not contain any spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Check the checkbox to <b>Change the Installation Folder<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/v25\/extraview-media\/images\/ig\/windows\/java1-3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Take the defaults, but change the install folder to <span class=\"fixedWidthFont\">C:\\ExtraView\\jre8_144<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 381px;\" src=\"\/v25\/extraview-media\/images\/ig\/windows\/java3-3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are installing the JDK, Java will prompt you to *also* provide a path for a JRE &#8211; change this destination as well. ExtraView does not use this JRE installation if you are installing the JDK &#8211; you will use your selected path in <span style=\"color: #b22222;\"><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier,monospace;\">C:\\ExtraView\\jdk1.8.0_144<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/v25\/extraview-media\/images\/ig\/windows\/java4-3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the installation completes, you will see the confirmation screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 381px;\" src=\"\/v25\/extraview-media\/images\/ig\/windows\/java5-3.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you will be using your installation as a development environment, you should make sure you have a <span class=\"fixedWidthFont\">JAVA_HOME<\/span> environment variable set. It is worth setting this in any case, as it might be needed at some time in the future. Go to the Windows Control Panel and select System. Select the Advanced tab and click on Environment Variables. 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