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