This post explains how to install Java or check which version is running on your machine. Install on any OS, and learn about the JDK.

Tomcat prerequisites There are minimal prerequisites to install Tomcat. All you need is a version 1.8 installation of the JDK or newer with the JAVA_HOME environment set up, and optionally the JDK’s ...

JAVA_HOME vs PATH Variable Along with the configuration of JAVA_HOME, it is also useful to simultaneously update the operating system's PATH variable. With the PATH, the Java installation's \bin ...

This latest version of Java, due to arrive as a production release on September 16, has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.

Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.