到官网下载相应的jdk版本,我的系统是ubuntu14.04,选择的版本是jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz。
按照在Linux平台安装64位JDK安装步骤安装即可,其实就是把下载包解压了就可以了。
然后配置环境变量,在/etc/profile文件后面加上
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45 #此处在等号后替换自己的解压后的jdk目录
export JRE_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45/jre #此处在等号后替换自己的解压后的jre目录
export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib:$JRE_HOME/lib:$CLASSPATH
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JRE_HOME/bin:$PATH
最后注销或重启,在命令行运行java -version出现如下输出说明安装成功
下面写一个java程序编译运行下,程序片段如下
public class HW {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("hello world!");
}
}
执行结果如下
JRE: Java Runtime Environment. It is basically the Java Virtual Machine where your Java programs run on. It also includes browser plugins for Applet execution.
JDK: It's the full featured Software Development Kit for Java, including JRE, and the compilers and tools (like JavaDoc, and Java Debugger) to create and compile programs.