

Clicking on that will prompt you to download a. Whatever mirror they give you, it'll be in that same place on the page. The mirror it selects will be random – you can see that they gave me an Amazon server (circled) to download from. If you're not sure, Windows 32 Bit (circled) is the safe choice – it should run on 32 or 64 bit systems.Ĭlicking either the 32 or 64 bit link will take you to a page like the one above. If you're sure you have a 64 bit system, you can go ahead and download the Windows 64 Bit version.

You'll notice it's the second one on the list. The version we want is Eclipse IDE for Java Developers.

You'll want to point your browser to The link to download it is exactly where you'd expect – just follow the Downloads link (in the main navigation, circled in the above screencap.) Now we get to the main point of this walk–through – installing Eclipse. Now you can safely go on to the next step. I'd recommend unchecking the Yes, I want Bing Toolbar for Internet Explorer box.Īt this point, you now have the JRE installed on your system. Look at the series of screenshots below to see what you'll be going through: It's a fairly standard Windows installer, and you can accept most of the defaults. Once the installer finishes downloading, you should run it. Clicking this will prompt you to download an installer. Now you'll want the Windows 7/XP/Vista/2000/2003/2008 Offline link. That's the one we're interested in.Ĭlicking that link will take you this page. However, the See all Java downloads here link (circled in the screenshot) should be somewhere on the page. If the JRE isn't listed in the currently installed programs, then read on! You'll want to go to where you'll be confronted with this page:ĭepending on what web browser you're using, it may look a little differently than the screenshot above shows. Look at the screenshot below, the circled entry is what I had installed: In this case, you can just skip ahead to the next section. If you see something like Java(TM) 6 in the list of installed programs, that means you already have the JRE. Installing the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)īefore reading any further in this section, you'll want to check to see if you already have the JRE installed – there's a good chance you already do! Open the Control Panel and go to Add or Remove Programs. Once you're done reading this document, you'll know how to set up the Java Runtime Environment and Eclipse on your Windows PC. Installing Eclipse Installing Eclipse on a Windows PC – A Complete Walkthrough
