Installation Guide

This section explains how to install Java 2 Standard Edition on your computer.

• JDK and JRE
  • Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) comes in two forms: JDK (development kit) and JRE (execution environment). Select which one to install depending on your interest.

Below, how to install JRE on each platform is explained.

• Installation on Linux
• Installation on Mac OS X
  • You do not have to do anyting in particular because Java is preinstalled on Mac OS X (you may want to update to the latest release from "Software Update...").
• Installation on Windows