Download and Install Java 8 on Windows

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In this article, I will guide you to download and install Java 8 (JDK 8) on Windows operating system. Though Java 8 is a quite old version (released in 2014), it is still in used by many organizations and preferred by many programmers. That’s why Oracle extends commercial support for JDK 8 until December 2030.To download JDK 8, head to

jdk-8u251-windows-x64.exe

file. You must login using an Oracle account (if you don’t have an Oracle account, then

In this article, I will guide you to download and install Java 8 (JDK 8) on Windows operating system. Though Java 8 is a quite old version (released in 2014), it is still in used by many organizations and preferred by many programmers. That’s why Oracle extends commercial support for JDK 8 until December 2030.To download JDK 8, head to Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads page and choose a download file suitable for your operating system. Oracle JDK 8 is distributed in archives (zip and targ.z) and installers (rpm for Linux, dmg for macOS and exe for Windows).For Windows 10 x64-bit, choose to download the filefile. You must login using an Oracle account (if you don’t have an Oracle account, then creating one is free).I recommend you to verity the integrity of the downloaded by comparing SHA256 checksum of the file against the value published here . On Windows, type the following command:

certutil -hashfile jdk-8u251-windows-x64.exe sha256

If the generated SHA256 checksum value matches the one posted by Oracle, you’re safe to launch JDK 8 setup program. You will see this screen:Click Next twice to proceed the installation of Java 8. Then it also asks you to install JRE 8:Click Next to proceed and click Close when the setup done.

Note that Oracle JDK 8 setup automatically updates the PATH system environment variable so if you type

java –version

command in a Windows Command prompt, you would see this:That means you have successfully installed JDK 8 on your computer. For development with Java 8, you should configure

JAVA_HOME

as described in

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If the generated SHA256 checksum value matches the one posted by Oracle, you’re safe to launch JDK 8 setup program. You will see this screen:Click Next twice to proceed the installation of Java 8. Then it also asks you to install JRE 8:Click Next to proceed and click Close when the setup done.Note that Oracle JDK 8 setup automatically updates the PATH system environment variable so if you typecommand in a Windows Command prompt, you would see this:That means you have successfully installed JDK 8 on your computer. For development with Java 8, you should configureas described in this guide .For visual steps, you can watch the following video: