How to Installing JDK 8 on Windows 10 and configuration settings

To work with java 8 on windows 10 operating system we need to first install it on your computer and it is the basic need to learn java programming under windows 10. After successfully installed JDK on windows 10 you need to set the environment variables for it. That is the java_home and path environment variables must be set. The only it works properly. 

                In this tutorial I am going to explain how to Installing JDK 8 on Windows 10 and configuration settings. First off all you need to download the JDK 8 from the Oracle site depending on your operating system number of bits. If your operating system is 32-bit then download 32-bit JDK or if your operating system is 64-bit them download 64-bit JDK by agreeing license. 


         After that click on the downloaded Icon and follows the steps found in the  JDK 8 installation wizard and finally set the Environment variables for java on your computer. Here are the general steps.


Step-1: Download the JDK 8 from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Click on the download button to download the new version of JDK as shown in above figure.

Step-2: Next you will see the following page, accept the license and agreement and  to download click on the download link.

Step-3: The JDK 8 setup is popup and save it on you computer by clicking on the save button.

Step-4: Install the JDK 8 by following the setup instruction. After successfully installed and now search for " edit system environment variables" and click on the environment variables.

          Under the user variables create a  new variable as specifying the following parameter

Variable Name: java_home
value: JDK bits path where it is installed on your computer.

Under the system variables create a new variable as specifying the following parameter

Variable Name: path ( If it is already set for some programs add this also to the existing list)
value: JDK bits path where it is installed on your computer.