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- Check if Java 5 is already installed on your system.
- This can be done by opening a shell:
- Under Microsoft Windows choose Start / Execute..., then enter cmd.exe. A new window opens prompting c:\> or something like that.
- Under Mac OS X, open the Folder Applications / Utilities and the execute the Terminal application. A window opens with a prompt indicating the user name or something like that.
- Under Linux, open a shell, we suppose you know how that works.
- In the shell enter java -version
The system prompts now the version of the installed Java. This could look like:
java version "1.5.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_01-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_01-b08, mixed mode, sharing)
- If your Java version is equal or greater to 1.5.X_XX, you can go to the next step, installing Eclipse.
- If you havn't got Java 1.5 or greater, you have to download and install it first.
- For the most common operating systems (Windows, Linux and others), the Java Developement Kit its runtime environment can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/, except for Mac OS X. Download tha Java Software Developement Kit for your operating system at this page.
- For Mac OS X, you can obtain a Java Software Development Kit from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/java2se50release1.html.
- Install The Java DK according to the installation instructions on the web site where you are downloading it from.
- After the Installation of the Java SDK, you're ready for the next step.
